Consultant Psychiatrist, Inpatient, Mulberry Ward (attracts £25K RRP)

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Guildford is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to lead clinical efforts in mental health care. This role involves providing leadership in a multi-disciplinary environment, ensuring high-quality care for inpatients. The ideal candidate will have a recognized medical degree and MRCPsych or equivalent, with opportunities for advancement and competitive benefits including relocation allowance and generous annual leave.

Benefits

GMC Sponsorship

Relocation allowance

NHS Pension

Subsidised nursery places

Car Scheme

Discounted Gym Membership

Generous annual leave

Qualifications

• Full medical registration with a license to practice.
• Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act.
• In good standing with GMC concerning warnings on practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical input and leadership to inpatients.
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team.
• Ensure effective pathways and care for patients.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective

Knowledge of legislation and Department of Health Guidance

Clinical leadership in a multidisciplinary team

Management skills

Education

MRCPsych or equivalent

Full medical registration with a license to practice

Basic Medical Degree

Management qualification

Job description

Go back Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist, Inpatient, Mulberry Ward (attracts £25K RRP)

The closing date is 07 October 2025

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.

Are you a compassionate and forward-thinking Consultant Psychiatrist looking to make a meaningful impact in the community? Join our dynamic and supportive team where your expertise will help shape the future of mental health care within our trust.

We are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist to work at our Mulberry Ward, based at Farnham Road Hospital in Guildford. The post-holder will work full time and will be part of the Acute Care Pathway, and will work closely with the home treatment and community teams, ensuring effective and efficient pathways and care for patients. This provides a service consistent with models initially recommended in the National Service Framework.

Whether you are seeking a fresh start, or the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing clinical input and leadership to a proportion of the inpatients in Mulberry Ward, and there are other opportunities to take on additional responsibilities with remuneration. The consultant Psychiatrist is responsible for providing clinical input and leadership and working alongside a multidisciplinary team in line with New Ways of Working. The home treatment team 'gate keeps' admissions to the inpatient units.

The successful candidate will provide Consultant Psychiatrist input and be the Responsible clinician for the 15 bedded Mulberry Ward, mainly serving the population aligned to the ward with additional support from, other medical staff, Trainees and Multidisciplinary team.

It is expected that the appointed candidate will work in partnership with the other consultant. In addition, the post holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary staff on the ward, including trainee doctors.

Our offer:

• 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
• Subsidised nursery places
• 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!

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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.
• A recognised basic Medical Degree and MRCPsych or equivalent
• MRCPsych or equivalent.
• Management qualification or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• 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
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
• Specific training qualification/certificate or attendance on a recognised teaching course.

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

• Ability to take a clinical leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care.
• Ability to appraise own performance as a Specialty Doctor and reflect on development needs
• Ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Reflected on the purpose of CPD undertaken

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.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

£105,504 to £139,882 a yearPlus £149 Fringe Allowance