Job summary
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is aGeneral Medical Council (GMC) Sponsor employer.
This opportunity is open to UK based and International Consultants.
We have an exciting opportunity for a full time 10 Pas Consultant Psychiatrist in Working Age Adult at our well-established South West Home Treatment Team which covers the Guildford and Waverley Localities. The post is based at Farnham Road Hospital, Farnham Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7LX. The employing organization is Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
The HTT provides support and treatment for patients at the threshold of admission. They work with the community teams which provide community care following the Care Pathways underpinned by the principles of clinically focused risk management. The goals are of clinical progression within a recovery framework. This is a well-resourced team & you will work closely with the other multi-disciplinary team members including non-medical prescribers
Research, study, audit and quality improvement are strongly advocated and SABP actively support your involvement. There is also access to the weekly trust wide academic programme.
Main duties of the job
You will
have:
- A recognised basic Medical
Degree and MRCPsych or equivalent, Section 12 Approval and AC status.
- Full Medical Registration
(GMC) with a Licence to Practice
- Approved Clinician Status
and approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act
- Management qualification or
evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills
- Research, study, audit and
quality improvement are strongly advocated and SABP actively support your
involvement. There is also access to the weekly trust wide academic
programme.
Our offer
- NHS Consultant Grade £84,559
- £114,003/annum + £149 fringe + on-call payments
- GMC Sponsorship
- £15,000 recruitment premia
over 3 years
- Relocation allowance: up to
£8,000*subject to policy requirements
- Sponsorship for
international candidates: up to £3,199
- Up to £2000/year CPD allowance
*subject to policy requirements
- NHS Pension: employers
contribution14.38%from day one
- Subsidised nursery places
- Car Scheme: tax saving up to
£6,000
- Discounted Nuffield Gym
Membership
- Generous annual leave
About us
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 & North-East Hampshire. We deliver high
quality care across our 140 services and we employ over 2,500 staff serving a
population of 1.3 million. Our services are provided in community settings,
hospitals, and residential homes.
We
provide a comprehensive range of services including in the community and
hospital settings: talking therapies, mental health services for adults,
children and adolescents, drug, and alcohol, learning disability, eating
disorder, Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder clinic, forensic and other mental
health.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide senior medical input to the HTT, ensuring safe and timely service provision for service users.
- The post holder will be expected to consider all safe community treatment options with the multi- disciplinary
team for treatment prior to referring patients for in-patient admission.
- To provide intensive and expert intervention and management of service users with acute, chronic and severe
mental illness when in crisis in line with HTT care pathway.
- To work flexibly and creatively as part of a multidisciplinary team promoting informed risk taking and antidiscriminatory practice.
- To liaise with both internal and external interfaces concerning admissions and transfers/discharges.
- To liaise with the Consultant Psychiatrists working in the inpatient and community settings concerning
admissions and transfers/discharges.
- To provide specialist medical advice and consultation to a range of health and social care staff as appropriate to
promote effective delivery of person centred mental health care.
- To ensure that a high quality, safe, clinical service is provided to all service users by working in partnership with
MDT, HTT Manager and other senior managers.
- To provide advice and support to the Rapid Response Services and support with Mental Health Act assessments
for service users under care of HTT.
- To ensure excellence in the provision of medical and psychiatric assessments to all referred service users to the
service, which includes use of risk assessment protocols.
- To promote positive risk-taking in MDT along with Team Manager and senior managers and ensure staff
members have appropriate supervision and MDT support to enable this.
- To ensure excellence in the delivery of evidence-based treatments.
- To work in partnership with the HTT Manager and be jointly responsible for matters related to clinical
governance and financial management.
- To be involved in the strategic development of the service as a whole, and to participate in operational and
business planning within the HTT alongside senior team colleagues.
- To provide cross cover for the other Consultant based in the NEH & Surrey Heath HTT ( which form part of the
South West Locality ) when they are on leave.
- The post holder will be Line Manager and Clinical Supervisor for the specialist doctor and the trainee doctor (if
with the team)
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide senior medical input to the HTT, ensuring safe and timely service provision for service users.
- The post holder will be expected to consider all safe community treatment options with the multi- disciplinary
team for treatment prior to referring patients for in-patient admission.
- To provide intensive and expert intervention and management of service users with acute, chronic and severe
mental illness when in crisis in line with HTT care pathway.
- To work flexibly and creatively as part of a multidisciplinary team promoting informed risk taking and antidiscriminatory practice.
- To liaise with both internal and external interfaces concerning admissions and transfers/discharges.
- To liaise with the Consultant Psychiatrists working in the inpatient and community settings concerning
admissions and transfers/discharges.
- To provide specialist medical advice and consultation to a range of health and social care staff as appropriate to
promote effective delivery of person centred mental health care.
- To ensure that a high quality, safe, clinical service is provided to all service users by working in partnership with
MDT, HTT Manager and other senior managers.
- To provide advice and support to the Rapid Response Services and support with Mental Health Act assessments
for service users under care of HTT.
- To ensure excellence in the provision of medical and psychiatric assessments to all referred service users to the
service, which includes use of risk assessment protocols.
- To promote positive risk-taking in MDT along with Team Manager and senior managers and ensure staff
members have appropriate supervision and MDT support to enable this.
- To ensure excellence in the delivery of evidence-based treatments.
- To work in partnership with the HTT Manager and be jointly responsible for matters related to clinical
governance and financial management.
- To be involved in the strategic development of the service as a whole, and to participate in operational and
business planning within the HTT alongside senior team colleagues.
- To provide cross cover for the other Consultant based in the NEH & Surrey Heath HTT ( which form part of the
South West Locality ) when they are on leave.
- The post holder will be Line Manager and Clinical Supervisor for the specialist doctor and the trainee doctor (if
with the team)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - A recognised basic Medical Degree and MRCPsych or equivalent, Section 12 Approval and AC status.
Desirable
- - Management qualification or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills
Experience
Essential
- - Full Medical Registration (GMC) with a Licence to Practice
- - Approved Clinician Status and approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act
- - Research, study, audit and quality improvement are strongly advocated and SABP actively support your involvement. There is also access to the weekly trust wide academic programme.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - A recognised basic Medical Degree and MRCPsych or equivalent, Section 12 Approval and AC status.
Desirable
- - Management qualification or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills
Experience
Essential
- - Full Medical Registration (GMC) with a Licence to Practice
- - Approved Clinician Status and approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act
- - Research, study, audit and quality improvement are strongly advocated and SABP actively support your involvement. There is also access to the weekly trust wide academic programme.
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
