Job summary
We are looking for a committed and compassionate Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Surrey Heath Community Mental Health Recovery Service (CMHRS) for Working Age Adults, based at Theta, Lyon Way in Frimley. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team that delivers high-quality mental health care to adults living across Surrey Heath.
The service provides specialist assessment, treatment, and ongoing support for people aged 18-65 with a range of mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, psychosis, and complex emotional needs. You will provide clinical leadership, expert psychiatric input, and guidance to the team, helping to manage complex cases and support recovery-focused care.
Working alongside another consultant psychiatrist and experienced colleagues including psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, and social workers, you'll contribute to service development, teaching, and quality improvement. The role also involves liaison with GPs, community services, and acute teams to ensure joined-up and effective patient care.
Main duties of the job
The CMHRS provides community care following the Care Pathways underpinned by the principles of clinically focussed risk management. The goals are of clinic al progression within a recovery framework. This is a well-resourced team & you will work closely another part time Consultant, a full time Specialty Doctor, Service Manager, Clinical Leads, Psychologists, CPN's, Occupational Therapists and trainee doctors with an admin support team.
The successful candidate will be providing effective cover to the CMHRS during working hours on days worked for emergency and routine work, including decisions regarding new referrals that arrive daily and to participate in Care Planning.
The successful candidate will also provide assessments on new referrals, formulate diagnoses and treatment plans in consultation with the Team and inputs for other MDR members.
Our Offer:
- NHS Consultant grade £109,725 - £145,478 per annum + £149 fringe + on- call requirement
- GMC Sponsorship
- Recruitment premia £25,000 *subject to policy requirements
- Relocation allowance: up to £8000 *subject to policy requirement
- Sponsorship for International candidates
- Up to £2000/year CPD allowance *subject to policy requirements
- NHS pension employers contribution 23.7% from day one
- Company Car Lease Scheme
- Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership and many more.
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!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
The successful candidate will also need to be flexible and able to travel as we provide clinics in some of the schools across Surrey.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
The successful candidate will also need to be flexible and able to travel as we provide clinics in some of the schools across Surrey.
Person Specification
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Ability to take a clinical leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high- quality care.
- Skills and sensitivity in negotiating with patients, relatives, and other professionals where opinions differ.
- 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.
Desirable
- Ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS 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
- Management qualification or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills.
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Relevant higher degree, e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
Eligibility
Essential
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
Desirable
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment
Clinical Skills Knowlege & Experience
Essential
- 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-psychosocial perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- 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 different care settings, including community, inpatient and specialist teams
- Knowledge of psychiatric provision
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Experience in management
- Specific training qualification/certificate or attendance on a recognised teaching course.
- Peer review or research publications
- Published audit or research projects
Person Specification
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Ability to take a clinical leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high- quality care.
- Skills and sensitivity in negotiating with patients, relatives, and other professionals where opinions differ.
- 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.
Desirable
- Ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS 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
- Management qualification or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills.
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Relevant higher degree, e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
Eligibility
Essential
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
Desirable
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment
Clinical Skills Knowlege & Experience
Essential
- 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-psychosocial perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- 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 different care settings, including community, inpatient and specialist teams
- Knowledge of psychiatric provision
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Experience in management
- Specific training qualification/certificate or attendance on a recognised teaching course.
- Peer review or research publications
- Published audit or research projects
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
