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

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.

We're looking for a dedicated and compassionate Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Northwest Surrey Home Treatment Team (HTT), based at Two Bridges in Chertsey.

Our HTT offers urgent and intensive mental health support to adults aged 18-65 in crisis, helping people stay at home and avoid hospital admissions wherever possible. You'll be working with a skilled and welcoming multi-professional team, supporting people across Woking, Runnymede, Spelthorne and Elmbridge.

As our Consultant Psychiatrist, you'll provide clinical leadership, expert assessments, and treatment planning. You'll also support early discharge from hospital and work closely with local teams, services and carers. The role is central to helping people recover in the community with the right support in place.

This is a great opportunity to influence how urgent mental health care is delivered across the area, while developing your own clinical interests and leadership skills. The post offers 10 PAs (7.5 clinical, 2.5 supporting professional activity), with flexible working options, admin support, and CPD opportunities.

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
• 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!

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Two Bridges,

Guildford Street

Chertsey, Surrey

KT16 9AU

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Two Bridges,

Guildford Street

Chertsey, Surrey

KT16 9AU

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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