Consultant

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Admin support

CPD opportunities

Job summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership and expert assessment within the Home Treatment Team, covering Guildford and surrounding areas. You will lead the MDT, deliver psychiatric input, and act as a consultant/advisor across several services to ensure robust patient pathways.

The post emphasises community-based care, early discharge support, and collaboration with local teams and carers, with flexible working options

Qualifications

• 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).
• MRCPsych or equivalent is desirable.
• Management qualification or leadership development is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Consultant psychiatric input and clinical leadership to the MDT.
• Act as a consultant/adviser to the team under New Ways of Working.
• Liaise with Inpatient Acute Services, Single Point of Access, and LOC partnerships.
• Support early discharge from hospital and coordinate with local teams and carers.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Bio-psycho-social approach

Communication skills

Negotiation with patients

Education

MBBS or equivalent recognised medical qualification

Full medical registration with license to practice

Section 12 approval (or within 6–12 months)

MRCPsych or equivalent

Job description

Our HTT offers urgent & intensive mental health support to adults aged 65 years or older in crisis, helping people stay at home & avoid hospital admissions wherever possible. You'll be working with a skilled & welcoming multi-professional team,supporting people across Guildford & Waverley As our Consultant, you'll provide clinical leadership, expert assessments, & treatment planning. You'll also support early discharge from hospital & work closely with local teams, services & carers. The role is central to helping people recover in the community with the right support in place. The post offers flexible working options, admin support, and CPD opportunities.

Main duties of the job

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 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 & referred from NMHT & Liaison Services. The post-holder is also expected to liaise effectively with the other general &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 7-10 visits per week., Please check our benefits here:Medical : Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for other benefits., Please see the attached Job description that clearly states all the requirements needed to carry out this role. Job description, Please see the attached Job description that clearly states all the requirements needed to carry out this role.

Person Specification 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

• 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

• 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, 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-psycho- social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Experience working with various patient groups presenting with the full range of clinical severity across different careScr settings, including community, inpatient, and specialist teams.
• Knowledge of psychiatric provision
• Ability to meet duties under MHA and MCA

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

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, Ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• 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