Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a General Medical Council (GMC) Sponsor Employer.
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.
We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join Orion Ward, a modern, 16-bed mixed-gender ward within our new Northwest Mental Health Inpatient Service in Chertsey.
This is an exciting time to join our Trust as we expand our purpose-built hospital facilities designed to offer high-quality, therapeutic, and recovery-focused mental health care. Orion Ward supports working-age adults experiencing acute mental health needs. You’ll play a key role in providing clinical leadership and expert psychiatric care within a multi-professional team.
We will consider additional PAs for successful applicants wishing to consider leadership roles, teaching positions or being involved in Research and Development.
You’ll work alongside nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, activity coordinators, and other clinicians to provide safe, compassionate, and personalised care. Your role will include leading ward rounds, managing admissions and discharges, assessing mental and physical health needs, and working closely with families, carers and community services.
If you're looking for a rewarding leadership role in a modern inpatient service where you can make a real difference in people’s lives, we would love to hear from you!
You will be working in an organisation that fosters an inclusive culture, where we treat each other with compassion and kindness.
The post-holder will deliver consultant psychiatric input to inpatients admitted to the ward per the agreed Acute Service Operational Policy. In addition, the post holder will provide clinical leadership & be actively involved in service improvement activities.
The Consultant Psychiatrist will be expected to work effectively with colleagues from other professional disciplines & deliver services consistent with the Trust policy for the Care Programme Approach. 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.
Our Offer:
NHS Consultant grade £113,565 - £150,569 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 £2000/year CPD allowance *subject to policy requirements
NHS pension employers contribution 23.7% from day one
Company Car Lease Scheme
Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership and many more.
Please check our benefits here: Medical : Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for other benefits.
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!
Please see the attached Job description that clearly states all the requirements needed to carry out this role.
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Silverwood contains four adult inpatient wards. Our ambition is to transform inpatient mental healthcare for our local population.
Silverwood provides 64 beds all with single ensuite bedrooms, two lounges and a dedicated garden for each ward, as well as a woodland area for supervised walks.
We strive to offer a great work life balance - if you are looking for full time, part time or flexible options, we will try to make this work where operationally possible. We are committed to the health & well-being of our employees to create a positive work-life balance, along with a broad range of benefits. Our values are at the heart of what we do, & they shape the way we interact, develop our colleagues, and celebrate success
