Consultant Psychiatrist, Crisis Intervention (attracts £25K RRP)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension 23.7%

Relocation allowance

CPD allowance

Company car lease

Fringe allowance

Gym membership discount

Sponsorship for international

Job summary

The Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Consultant Psychiatrist to work with CAMHS crisis and liaison across Frimley and Redhill. You will provide diagnostic assessments and treatments for under-18s in crisis, offer senior clinical input, and lead multi-disciplinary care with social services and education.

Teaching and service development are part of the role. Entry to the GMC Specialist Register and Section 12 approval are required or achievable within 6–12 months.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification and full GMC registration or eligible.
• Section 12 approval or eligible within 6–12 months.
• Experience with wide clinical severity in community and acute settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide diagnostic assessment and treatment for children and adolescents in mental health crisis.
• Hold clinical responsibility for own caseload and MDT leadership.
• Offer psychiatric input across EDs, community, and 24/7 crisis line.
• Collaborate with social care, paediatrics, and education for safe care.
• Lead teaching, training and quality improvement initiatives.
• Travel between multiple sites and participate in on-call duties.

Skills

Bio-psycho-social approach

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Risk management

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Full GMC registration

Job description

The Consultant Psychiatrist sits in the CAMHS crisis and liaison team, working across Frimley and Redhill for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Care centres on under-18s in mental health crisis, seen in emergency departments, in the community or through a 24/7 crisis line, with admission avoided where possible. The post stands out for its work alongside social care, paediatrics and education, travel between sites, and scope for clinical leadership and teaching. Entry to the GMC Specialist Register and Section 12 approval are needed, and sponsorship is offered to international candidates.

What the job involves

• Provide diagnostic, assessment and treatment for children and adolescents with mental health problems
• Hold clinical responsibility for own caseload
• Give expert clinical input to under-18s in mental health crisis across emergency departments, community settings and the 24/7 CYPS Crisis Line
• Adopt a multi-disciplinary approach and promote high-quality multidisciplinary working
• Provide psychiatric support and consultation to other team members
• Consult and liaise with social services, residential settings and education
• Build close working relationships with children's services, education, paediatric acute and Hope Service colleagues
• Help prevent hospital admissions where possible
• Contribute to service development, clinical leadership and improvement of crisis pathways across Surrey
• Take part in teaching, training and quality improvement initiatives
• Travel between multiple sites within the working day
• Carry out on-call duties

What’s required

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent recognised medical qualification
• Full medical registration with licence to practise

Registration & licences

• Included on the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months
• Section 12 approval under the Mental Health Act, or within 6 to 12 months of interview

Experience

• Experience with patient groups across the full range of clinical severity in community, inpatient and specialist settings
• Knowledge of psychiatric provision

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of legislation, Department of Health guidance and literature and its implications for practice
• Knowledge of the NHS strategic vision in the Next Stage Review (High-Quality Care for All)
• Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Ability to meet duties under the MHA and MCA
• Skills in consultation with other professional groups under New Ways of Working

Other

• Ability to take a clinical leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care
• High-level written and oral communication of complex, clinically sensitive information to patients, families, carers and lay and professional people

Nice to have

• Relevant higher degree, such as MD, PhD or MSc, or other additional clinical qualification
• MRCPsych or equivalent
• Management qualification, or evidence of interest in developing leadership skills
• Good standing with the GMC regarding warnings and conditions on practice
• Approved clinician status, or able to achieve within three months of appointment
• Experience in management
• Specific training qualification or attendance on a recognised teaching course
• Ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training

What’s offered

• NHS pension employer contribution of 23.7% from day one
• Recruitment and retention premium of £25,000, subject to policy
• Relocation allowance of up to £8,000, subject to policy
• CPD allowance of up to £2,000 a year, subject to policy
• £149 fringe allowance
• Company car lease scheme
• Discounted Nuffield gym membership
• Sponsorship for international candidates