Job summary
- Main area
- Consultant
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (please see job description for further details)
- Job ref
- 325-6916558-MR-B
- Employer
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Dorking Road, Epsom
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 pa plus £149 London weighting
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Psychiatrist, Liaison - Epsom
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a General Medical Council (GMC) Sponsor Employer.
This Post is for a Consultant Psychiatrist responsible for providing clinical input & leadership to Liaison Psychiatry for Working Age Adults based at the Epsom General Hospital & working alongside a multidisciplinary team in line with New Ways of Working.
Epsom General Hospital is part of the Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. The Trust has been rated Good in the August 2023 report of the recent CQC inspection. The well-established liaison service for Epsom General Hospital provides care to those aged 16 years to end of life attending Epsom General Hospital, which primarily covers the Epsom, Leatherhead and Banstead area.
Our offer:
- NHS Consultant Grade £109,725 - £145,478 per annum + £149 fringe + on-call payments
- 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 saving up to £6,000
- Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership
- Generous annual leave
Main duties of the job
The Consultant will be expected to support the existing staff in assessing, diagnosing & managing referrals for working-age adults presenting with mental health problems in Epsom General Hospital and to provide medical expertise & support to Epsom General Hospital staff involved in looking after patients with functional & organic mental health problems presenting in the acute hospital.
In addition, the Consultant will supervise the clinical caseload of the team members and the work of any trainee doctors who may be attached to the service. The role will also support the existing liaison team in deciding the most appropriate intervention for patients referred to the service. This will include facilitating discharge planning & timely communication with Primary Care, CMHRSs or Inpatient Services.
The clinical work will involve the assessment & psychiatric treatment of patients directly or through the supervision of other team members.
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
Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job
Please note this post is to cover a 12mth maternity cover.
For further information about this role please contact Raj Rutah - [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act(or within 6 to 12 months of the time of interview/assessment) or equivalent
- MB BS or equivalent recognised medical qualification
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant higher degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
- MRCPsych or equivalent
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
- Make decisions based on evidence and experience, including the contribution of others
- 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 Specialty teams.
- Knowledge of psychiatric provision
Desirable criteria
- Published audit or research projects
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential criteria
- Participated in research or service evaluation
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
- 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.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Abigail Crutchlow
- Job title
- HSS Medical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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