Job summary
- Main area
- General Adult
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (Plus on-call)
- Job ref
- 380-MED-25-041-PERM-A
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Albion Place
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry - Maidstone CMHT
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Specialty Doctor to join the Maidstone Community Mental Health Team based at Albion Place Medical Centre, 23-29 Albion Place, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5TS.
Please note that all interviews will be conducted via video link using Microsoft Teams, date to be confirmed.
Please note that you will be required to submit an application form for each post you are interested in applying for.
Main duties of the job
- To provide psychiatric care to patients referred to the Maidstone CMHT.
- To provide medical input to the Maidstone CMHT Team.
- To ensure effective liaison occurs between mental health services and the acute hospital, and also with other agencies in the voluntary and statutory sectors as appropriate.
- The post holder undertakes, exceptionally, to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
Working for our organisation
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust (KMMH), providing mental health, learning disability, substance misuse and specialist services across Kent and Medway, with a population of 1.8million.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the Care Quality Commission regulator and Outstanding for care) has approximately 3,400 staff covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues from 52 nations, rich in their diversity, talents and experience, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
We have a team of empathetic leaders inspiring their staff in an environment where everyone is valued and plays a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Across our communities and within inpatient settings, our workforce is enhanced and strengthened by dedicated peer support workers, people with lived experience, a wonderful team of volunteers and a brigade of pets as therapy support dogs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our Benefits
Here are just some of our Benefits:
- Financial support for relocation of up to £8,000*
- Easy access to inhouse research team and academic opportunity through Kent’s own Medical school
- Generous annual leave and study leave entitlement and access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme
- Holiday of a Lifetime Scheme – Bank your annual leave to save up for that all important extended break
- Flexible working - just ask and we will try to help
- Excellent Learning and Development opportunities - We offer doctors at all grades the chance to engage in leadership, educational, research, quality improvement development and seek growth opportunities tailored to their areas of interest.
- Free access to an independent counselling service
- Blue Light Card - A discount service for the NHS, with thousands of amazing discounts
- Car lease scheme
- A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMMH values and promote equality and diversity.
*If you would like further information, or to know the full terms of the Relocation Allowance, then please contact our Medical Staffing Team: [email protected]
For detailed information regarding the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable criteria
- MRCPsych OR a specialist qualification from an EU country that complies with EU directive 2005/36/EU
ELIGIBILITY
Essential criteria
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
Desirable criteria
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice.
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 6 months of appointment
TRANSPORT
Essential criteria
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- At least 4 years postgraduate experience, including at least 2 years in core psychiatry training programme
- Good knowledge in specialty
- Good clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Good oral and written communication skills in English
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate experience in specialty
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING
Essential criteria
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit.
Desirable criteria
- Able to deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Participated in research or service evaluation
PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential criteria
- Shows empathy and sensitivity
- Copes under pressure.
- Works co-operatively in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Evidence of annual appraisal and commitment to appraisal and revalidation.
Desirable criteria
- Manages own time, workload and prioritises work
- Able to use electronic records and use IT for email, internet and office software
LEADERSHIP
Essential criteria
- Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback.
Desirable criteria
- Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment
- Able to deputise for consultant psychiatrist.
- Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Chidi Uwadoka
- Job title
- Head of Psychiatry
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01843267071
- Additional information
Please call Catharine Blackman on 01622 724133 or email [email protected] to make an appointment to speak to Chief Medical Officer-Dr Afifa Qazi or Deputy Chief Medical Officer (Workforce)-Dr Mohan Bhat.
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