Job overview

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated substantive Specialist Doctor to join Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust at our Adult Inpatient Mental Health Wards, Rowan and Maple, located in Meadowfield Hospital, Worthing, West Sussex.

Our adult mental health wards are 17-bed mixed inpatient facilities for working-age adults experiencing mental health crises and requiring acute hospital admission. Both teams have a full-time substantive consultant, as well as Core trainees and GPSTs.

Psychiatrists are integral for driving change and influencing service development. As a Trust we welcome positive transformation and using each other's experiences to shape this. The Trust has ambitious aims to continuously improve for the good of our patients and we welcome clinical and non-clinical views in order to achieve this together. 

This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £35,000 structured over a three-year period as follows:

• • £10,000 on recruitment
  • £10,000 at 12 months
  • £7,500 at 24 months
  • £7,500 at 36 months

Main duties of the job

The position requires full GMC registration, and we are looking for candidates with at least 6 years' experience at specialty grade in general adult psychiatry to work across 2 acute psychiatric wards for inpatients. The post-holder will be part of a medical team of each ward consisting of a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist and up to two Trainee Doctors. The post-holder will contribute to and help the Trainees with their development as well as contribute to cover when one the consultants is on leave, with the other Consultant providing support and completing RC duties.

The Inpatient care is delivered by an integrated multi-disciplinary team with a shared sense of ownership for the ward environment as well as the clinical services provided. The post-holders will adopt a pragmatic leadership style as a way of promoting this type of ward environment, thus ensuring collaborative working both at a clinical and an operational level.

The wards operate with a well-established multidisciplinary team (MDT), including an Occupational Therapist, Activity Workers, Clinical Psychologist, nursing staff, and experienced Ward managers.

Working for our organisation

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.