Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist, HTT, North West (attracts £25K RRP)

The closing date is 16 September 2025

Job summary

This vacancy attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £25,000 in addition to £8,000 relocation allowance. The RRP is pro rata for part time employees.

Are you a compassionate and forward-thinking Consultant Psychiatrist looking to make a meaningful impact in the community? Join our dynamic and supportive team where your expertise will help shape the future of mental health care within our trust.

We are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Home treatment team, covering the areas of Woking, Runnymede, Spelthorne & Elmbridge. The HTT provides intensive community care underpinned by the principles of acute & dynamic, clinically focused risk management. The multidisciplinary team develop individual care plans for each patient to work towards step down to less intensive clinical support & provide early intervention to avoid admission.

Whether you are seeking a fresh start, or the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

The HTT interfaces with Inpatient Acute Services, Single Point of Access Triage Services, the Section 136 Places of Safety, Community Services, Liaison Services & the Criminal Justice System. Most patients are referred from CMHRS & Liaison Services.

The Service operates a Risk Zoning Meeting facilitating robust risk management and a 'whole team' approach to team caseload management. The team caseload is approx. 30 patients.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering Consultant psychiatric input and clinical leadership to the MDT & acting as a consultant/advisor to the team in line with the developing models of practice under 'New Ways of Working'

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.

On average, a full time Consultant will have 2-3 outpatient clinics per week as follow-up appointments & approximately 2 to 3 Emergency/ Domiciliary visits per week.

Our offer:

Salary: NHS Consultant Grade £109,725 - £145,478 + £149 fringe
GMC Sponsorship
Relocation allowance: up to £8000 *subject to policy requirements
Sponsorship for international candidates: up to £3199
Recruitment premia £25,000 *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

About us

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!

Date posted

22 August 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year Plus £149 Fringe Allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-5812572-MR-I

Job locations

Two Bridges,

Guildford Street

Chertsey, Surrey

KT16 9AU

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description that clearly states all the requirements needed to carry out this role.

Click here to watch our YouTube video about our offer to Consultants.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description that clearly states all the requirements needed to carry out this role.

Click here to watch our YouTube video about our offer to Consultants.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MB BS or equivalent recognised medical qualification
Full medical registration with a license to practice.
Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act(or within 6 to 12 months of the time of interview/assessment) or equivalent

Desirable

Relevant higher degree, e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
MRCPsych or equivalent
Management qualification or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills.

Eligibility

Essential

Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.

Desirable

In good standing with GMC concerning warnings and conditions on practice
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment

Transport

Essential

Holds and will use valid UK driving license OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
Access to a vehicle for work purposes
Transport to travel between locations and ability to fulfil all duties of the post, including on-call, both within the parameters of the Equality Act 2010

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MB BS or equivalent recognised medical qualification
Full medical registration with a license to practice.
Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act(or within 6 to 12 months of the time of interview/assessment) or equivalent

Desirable

Relevant higher degree, e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
MRCPsych or equivalent
Management qualification or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills.

Eligibility

Essential

Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.

Desirable

In good standing with GMC concerning warnings and conditions on practice
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment

Transport

Essential

Holds and will use valid UK driving license OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
Access to a vehicle for work purposes
Transport to travel between locations and ability to fulfil all duties of the post, including on-call, both within the parameters of the Equality Act 2010

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.