Job overview

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best Mental Health organisations in the country to work in?

This is a new opportunity & is based at East Surrey Hospital ( part of the SASH Trust) predominantly. You will be assessing & treating young people presenting in acute hospital & will interface with the acute Paediatric team, Paediatric & Adult Psychiatric Liaison Services, our Crisis Intervention Service & Hope service. .

The HOPE service delivers day & intensive community treatment services for young people aged 11 – 18. The remit of the HOPE Service is to reduce or prevent the possibility of Tier 4 care through early intervention & help with stability at home & school where necessary. The HOPE Service deals with children who are too complex or need more frequent input than would be available on an outpatient basis only. 

You would be expected to be involved in the strategic development of this service & to participate in operational & business planning alongside Senior Leadership colleagues.

Our offer:

• NHS Consultant Grade £105,504 - £139,882 per annum + £149 fringe + on-call payments
• Recruitment premia £25,000 *subject to policy requirement
• Relocation allowance: up to £8,000*subject to policy requirements
• 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

You will be providing clinical expertise & leadership to acute Paediatric colleagues & with our Adult Psychiatric Liaison Service

You will be working alongside the Paediatric Liaison Nurses & the Crisis Intervention Nurses either in the ED or Paediatric Ward each day. 

This role is to provide RC cover for any young person who is detained to the acute hospital under the MHA while an appropriate inpatient MH placement is sought regardless of geographical home address.  This provides a new opportunity to work alongside not only SABP colleagues but the West Sussex teams to devise pathways & warm transfers of care when a young person is ready for discharge from the acute or when the young person is waiting for an appropriate care placement or T4 facility. 

You will be co-located with your adult Consultant Psychiatrist for Adult Psychiatric Liaison who also provides this for over 18s & you will have the full support of the CYPS Division & the AD for Crisis Pathway. 

Our CIS GM & Team are very experienced and will be there to assist any navigation or queries you may have.  The Paediatric Liaison Nurses are currently employed by SASH however this is an opportunity to develop & shape the whole provision going forward. 

Following assessment, you may be called to support medication initiation/reviews & mental health act assessments. You will be the Responsible clinician under MHA (1983, 2007) for all patients detained under the Mental Health Act in acute environments within ESH.

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!