Consultant Psychiatrist, HTT, North West (attracts £25K RRP)
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a General Medical Council (GMC) Sponsor employer.
This opportunity is open to UK based & International Consultants.
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best Mental Health organisations in the country to work in?
This job attracts a Recruitment & Retention payment of £25,000 in addition to £8000 relocation allowance. The RRP is pro rata for part time employees. To request the full terms of the RRP or relocation allowance, email Medical Recruitment Team [email protected]
We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Home treatment team. This role covers the areas of Woking, Runnymede, Spelthorne & Elmbridge. The HTT provides intensive community care underpinned by the principles of acute & dynamic, clinically focused risk management.The multidisciplinary team develop individual care plans for each patient to work towards step down to less intensive clinical support & provide early intervention to avoid admission.
The HTT interfaces with Inpatient Acute Services, Single Point of Access Triage Services, the Section 136 Places of Safety, Community Services, Liaison Services & the Criminal Justice System. Most patients are referred from CMHRS & Liaison Services.
The Service operates a Risk Zoning Meeting facilitating robust risk management and a ‘whole team’ approach to team caseload management. The team caseload is approx 30 patients.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for delivering Consultant psychiatric input and clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team and acting as a consultant/advisor to the team in line with the developing models of practice under ‘New Ways of Working’
The post-holder is also expected to liaise effectively with the other general and specialist teams operating in Surrey to ensure effective handover of care when patients transfer between teams as part of the patient pathway.
On average, an full time Consultant will have 2-3 outpatient clinics per week as follow-up appointments and approximately 2 to 3 Emergency/Domiciliary visits per week.
Our offer:
- Salary: NHS Consultant Grade £105,504 - £139,882 + £149 fringe
- GMC Sponsorship
- Relocation allowance: up to £8000 *subject to policy requirements
- Sponsorship for international candidates: up to £3199
- Recruitment premia £25,000 *subject to policy requirements
- NHS Pension: employers contribution 23.7% from day one
- Subsidised nursery places
- Car Scheme: tax saving up to £6,000
- Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership
- Generous annual leave
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description that clearly states all the requirements needed to carry out this role.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- MB BS or equivalent recognised medical qualification
- Full medical registration with a license to practice.
- Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act(or within 6 to 12 months of the time of interview/assessment) or equivalent
- Relevant higher degree, e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Management qualification or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills.
Eligibility
Essential criteria- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- In good standing with GMC concerning warnings and conditions on practice
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment
Transport
Essential criteria- Holds and will use valid UK driving license OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
- Access to a vehicle for work purposes
- Transport to travel between locations and ability to fulfil all duties of the post, including on-call, both within the parameters of the Equality Act 2010
Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.