Consultant Psychiatrist, Orion Ward - Silverwood (attracts £25K RRP)

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Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for the Orion Ward at Silverwood Hospital. The position involves delivering clinical input and leadership in a multidisciplinary setting, contributing significantly to patient care in mental health inpatient services. Candidates will benefit from a competitive salary package, relocation allowances, and opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive work environment.

Benefits

GMC Sponsorship

Relocation allowance up to £8000

Recruitment premia of £25,000

NHS Pension with 23.7% employer contribution

Subsidised nursery places

Car Scheme with tax saving

Discounted Gym Membership

Qualifications

• Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act within 6 to 12 months of appointment.
• Experience with various patient groups across different care settings.
• Evidence of participation in Continuous Professional Development.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical input and leadership in inpatient settings.
• Participate in triaging of referrals and initial assessments.
• Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Communication Skills

Risk Management Knowledge

Decision Making

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Education

MB BS or equivalent recognised medical qualification

Full medical registration with a license to practice

Relevant higher degree (e.g., MD, PhD)

MRCPsych or equivalent

Job description

Employer Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Orion Ward, Silverwood Hospital Town Chertsey, Surrey Salary £109,725 - £145,478 Plus £149 Fringe Allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 16/07/2025 23:59

Consultant Psychiatrist, Orion Ward - Silverwood (attracts £25K RRP)

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Job overview

Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a General Medical Council (GMC) sponsor employer

We are looking to recruit a Consultant for Orion Ward at our new Mental Health Inpatient Service, who will be responsible for providing clinical input & leadership & working alongside a multidisciplinary team in line with New Ways of Working.

The team will support the Consultant Psychiatrist with participating in triaging of referrals daily, completing initial assessments, liaising & collaboratively working with other professionals.

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

This job attracts a Recruitment & Retention (R&R) payment of £25,000 in addition to £8000 relocation allowance. The R&R payment is pro rata for part time employees. To request full terms of the R&R payment or relocation allowance please email Medical Recruitment Team [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

You will be working in an organisation that fosters an inclusive culture, where we will treat each other with compassion and kindness. You will be able to grow your career here and we have dedicated pathways to enable you to do this. We will support your personal and professional growth through our extensive training opportunities.

The post-holder will deliver consultant psychiatric input to inpatients admitted to the ward per the agreed Acute Service Operational Policy. In addition, the post holder will provide clinical leadership and be actively involved in service improvement activities.

The Consultant Psychiatrist will be expected to work effectively with colleagues from other professional disciplines and deliver services consistent with the Trust policy for the Care Programme Approach. 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.

We strive to offer a great work life balance - if you are looking for full time, part time or flexible options, we will try to make this work where operationally possible. We are committed to the health and well-being of our employees to create a positive work-life balance, along with a broad range of benefits. Our values are at the heart of what we do, and they shape the way we interact, develop our colleagues, and celebrate success.

Working for our organisation

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!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Silverwood contains four adult inpatient wards. Our ambition is to transform inpatient mental healthcare for our local population.

Silverwood provides 64 beds all with single ensuite bedrooms, two lounges and a dedicated garden for each ward, as well as a woodland area for supervised walks.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MB BS 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.
• 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 Risk Management
• 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)
• Ability to use IT, including email and the internet
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Make decisions based on evidence and experience, including the contribution of others
• 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 settings, including community, inpatient, and specialist teams
• Evidence of active participation in Continuous Professional Development
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement and experience
• Knowledge of psychiatric provision
• Commitment to and experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Ability to critically appraise published research
• Experience in carrying out a range of audit projects
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
• Experience in management
• Ability to develop and use complex multimedia materials for presentation in public, professional and academic settings
• 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 in managing time and prioritising clinical work
• Ability to appraise own performance as a Speciality Doctor and reflect on development needs
• Skills and sensitivity in negotiating with patients, relatives, and other professionals where opinions differ
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional groups under New Ways of Working
• A high-level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional people within and outside the NHS
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Participated in research or service evaluation
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
• Ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Reflected on the purpose of CPD undertaken
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit, and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations, and publications

We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.

As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.

Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.

Sponsorship

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Dr Anand Mathilakath Job title Associate Medical Director - Working Age Adults Email address [e-mail] Additional information