Consultant Psychiatrist Job at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Chertsey)

Consultant Psychiatrist

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Location:
United Kingdom , Chertsey

Category:
Health and Beauty

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

109725.00 - 145478.00 GBP / Year

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Job Description:

We're looking for a dedicated and compassionate Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Northwest Surrey Home Treatment Team (HTT), based at Two Bridges in Chertsey. Our HTT offers urgent and intensive mental health support to adults aged 18-65 in crisis, helping people stay at home and avoid hospital admissions wherever possible. You'll be working with a skilled and welcoming multi-professional team, supporting people across Woking, Runnymede, Spelthorne and Elmbridge. As our Consultant Psychiatrist, you'll provide clinical leadership, expert assessments, and treatment planning. You'll also support early discharge from hospital and work closely with local teams, services and carers. The role is central to helping people recover in the community with the right support in place. This is a great opportunity to influence how urgent mental health care is delivered across the area, while developing your own clinical interests and leadership skills. The post offers flexible working options, admin support, and CPD opportunities.

Job Responsibility:

Provide clinical leadership, expert assessments, and treatment planning
Support early discharge from hospital
Work closely with local teams, services and carers
Deliver Consultant psychiatric input and clinical leadership to the MDT
Act as a consultant/advisor to the team in line with the developing models of practice under 'New Ways of Working'
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
Have 2-3 outpatient clinics per week as follow-up appointments
Have approximately 2 to 3 Emergency/Domiciliary visits per week

Requirements:

MBBS 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
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
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
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
Ability to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Ability to take a clinical leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care
Skills and sensitivity in negotiating with patients, relatives, and other professionals where opinions differ
A high-level ability to effectively communicate complex and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers, and a wide range of lay and professional people within and outside the NHS at both written and oral levels

Nice to have:

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
In good standing with GMC concerning warnings and conditions on practice
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Experience in management
Specific training qualification/certificate or attendance on a recognised teaching course
Peer review or research publications
Published audit or research projects
Ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post

What we offer:

Recruitment and Retention payment of £25,000
£8000 relocation allowance
GMC Sponsorship
Up to £2000/year CPD allowance
NHS pension employers contribution 23.7% from day one
Company Car Lease Scheme
Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 15, 2026

Expiration:
January 19, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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