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Partner Org: Surrey and Borders Foundation Trust Partnership
Job overview
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a General Medical Council (GMC) Sponsor Employer.
This job attracts a Recruitment and 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 please email Medical Recruitment Team -medicalrecruitment@sabp.nhs.uk
This appointment is for 2 Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists to cover East and West Surrey. The duties of the doctor will be predominantly devoted to the care and treatment of children and young people (CYP under 18 years old). The Crisis Intervention Service offers assessment, short term intervention and treatment across our 5 acute hospitals within Surrey and following their discharge into the community. You will be working closely within an MDT, enabling young people to be safely discharged with an appropriate safety plan or for consideration of hospital admission should a young person’s needs and risks indicate this.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic Consultants to work in our friendly, nurse led team. You will be working with another Consultant psychiatrist cross covering each other.
Mentorship and support will also be offered from medical lead and Clinical Director.
Main duties of the job
This is somewhat a unique role, as having elements of interface with social care, paediatric acute colleagues and our Hope Service counter parts with support from the CIS team. We are committed to staff development and training opportunities.
This role will require you to travel between multiple sites within your working day.
Our Offer:
- NHS Consultant grade £109,725 – £145,478 per annum + £149 fringe + on- call requirement
- GMC Sponsorship
- Recruitment premia £25,000 *subject to policy requirements
- Relocation allowance: up to £8000 *subject to policy requirement
- Sponsorship for International candidates up to £3,199
- Up to £2000/year CPD allowance *subject to policy requirements
- NHS pension employers contribution 23.7% from day one
- Subsidised nursery places
- Car scheme tax savings up to £6000
- Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership and many more. Please check our benefits brochure for other benefits.
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
To provide a diagnostic, assessment and treatment service for children and adolescents with mental health problems
To adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to care, promoting high-quality multidisciplinary working and relationships
To provide psychiatric support and consultation to other team members.
To provide consultation and liaison with other services, including social services, residential settings, and education
To hold clinical responsibility for their caseload of patients.
To promote the development of close and effective working relationships with colleagues in allied agencies, notably children’s services and education.
Please see attached detailed job description and main responsibilities of 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
Desirable criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- In good standing with GMC concerning warnings and conditions on practice
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of legislation, Department of Health Guidance and literature and its implications for clinical practice.
- Knowledge of NHS strategic vision in the Next Stage Review (High-Quality Care for All)
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Ability to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Experience working with various patient groups presenting with the full range of clinical severity across different care settings, including community, inpatient, and specialist teams
- Knowledge of psychiatric provision
Desirable criteria
- Experience in management
- Specific training qualification/certificate or attendance on a recognised teaching course.
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential criteria
- Ability to take a clinical leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional groups under New Ways of Working
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit, and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations, and publications.
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. 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.
Sponsorship
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
