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

NHS; Ottershaw; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join their Northwest Surrey Home Treatment Team. The role involves providing clinical leadership, expert assessments, and efficiently managing patient cases. This position offers a competitive salary of £109,725 to £145,478 annually, plus additional benefits such as recruitment and retention payment and relocation allowance. With flexible working options, this is an opportunity to influence mental health care delivery while developing leadership skills.

Benefits

£25,000 Recruitment payment

Up to £8000 relocation allowance

Pension contributions from day one

CPD allowance up to £2000/year

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Full medical registration with a license to practice.
• Management qualification or interest in leadership.
• Specialist register inclusion or ability to achieve.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and expert assessments.
• Support early discharge from hospital.
• Liaise with local teams for effective patient care.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Knowledge of NHS legislation

Excellent clinical skills

Communication skills

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Full medical registration with a license to practice

MRCPsych or equivalent

Relevant higher degree (MD, PhD, MSc)

Job description

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

The closing date is 19 January 2026

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a General Medical Council (GMC) Sponsor Employer.

This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £25,000 in addition to £8000 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 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 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

• 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

Please check our benefits here: Medical : Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for other benefits.

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 responsibilities

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

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Person Specification

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 of the time of interview/assessment) or equivalent
• 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.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• In good standing with GMC concerning warnings and conditions on practice
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• 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 care settings, including community, inpatient, and specialist teams.
• Knowledge of psychiatric provision
• Ability to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• 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

• 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

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.

Salary

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