Consultant Psychiatrist - Working Age Adults, Farnham Road Hospital
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a General Medical Council (GMC) Sponsor employer.
This opportunity is open to UK based and International Consultants.
We have a vacancy for a full time Consultant Psychiatrist 10 PAs (40 hours per week) who will be responsible for providing clinical input and leadership to a proportion of the inpatients on Farnham Road Hospital as part of the acute care pathway.
Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford, Surrey is the new purpose built 60 bedded working age adult in-patient Hospital. It is expected that the post holder will provide Consultant Psychiatrist input and Responsible clinician cover for a 18-bedded ward mainly serving the population of aligned to the wards alongside another Consultant. The post holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary staff on the ward, including trainee doctors.
Our offer
- Salary: Consultant Pay scale £84,559 - £114,003/annum + £149 fringe + on-call payments
- Recruitment Premium up to £15k *subject to policy requirements
- Relocation allowance: up to £8,000* subject to policy requirements
- Sponsorship for international candidates: up to £3,199
- NHS Pension: employers contribution 20.68% from day one
- Subsidised nursery places
- Car Scheme: tax saving up to £6,000
- Nuffield Gym Membership
- Generous annual leave
Main duties of the job
- The post-holder will be responsible for delivering consultant psychiatric input to inpatients admitted to the ward in line with the agreed Acute Service Operational Policy.
- The post holder will provide clinical leadership and be actively involved in service improvement activity. Waverley is one of the most prosperous boroughs in the United Kingdom with relatively low morbidity for mental health conditions.
- To provide senior medical input ensuring safe and timely service provision for service users.
- To provide intensive and expert intervention and management of service users with acute, chronic, and severely enduring mental illness in line with the acute inpatient and PICU care pathway.
- To liaise with both internal and external interfaces concerning admissions and transfers/discharges.
- To liaise with the Consultant Psychiatrists working in the home treatment and community settings concerning admissions and transfers/discharges.
- To ensure that a high quality safe clinical service is provided to all service users by working in partnership with the MDT, ward manager and other senior managers.
- To ensure excellence in the provision of medical and psychiatric assessments to all referred service users to the service including using risk assessment protocols.
- To work in partnership with the ward manager and be jointly responsible for matters related to clinical governance and financial management.
- Monitoring and managing length of stay
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 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.
Date posted
20 March 2023
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£88,364 to £119,133 a year Plus £149 Fringe Allowance
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9325-22-6735-2
Job locations
Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Farnham Road Hospital
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7LX
Employer details
Employer name
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Farnham Road Hospital
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7LX
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