Consultant Psychiatrist

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

Job summary

A leading mental health care provider in England is looking for an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist to join their team in Chertsey. The role involves providing clinical leadership and psychiatric support in a modern inpatient facility, working alongside a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high-quality patient care. The position offers a competitive salary, recruitment premium, relocation allowance, and other benefits, making it an excellent opportunity for those committed to improving mental health services.

Benefits

Recruitment premia £25,000

Relocation allowance up to £8,000

Up to £2,000/year CPD allowance

NHS pension employer contribution of 23.7%

Company Car Lease Scheme

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Must have a recognized medical qualification and full medical registration.
• Clinical experience in various settings and knowledge of NHS policies required.
• Management qualification or leadership skills desired.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and psychiatric care within a multi-professional team.
• Conduct ward rounds, manage admissions and discharges, and assess patient needs.
• Liaise with general and specialist teams for patient transfers.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Excellent clinical skills

Ability to manage clinical complexity

Communication skills

Education

MBBS or equivalent recognized medical qualification

Full medical registration with a license to practice

MRCPsych or equivalent

Job description

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The closing date is 26 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 £8,000 relocation allowance. The RRP is pro rata for part time employees.

We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join Orion Ward, a modern, 16-bed mixed-gender ward within our new Northwest Mental Health Inpatient Service in Chertsey.

This is an exciting time toancas our Trust as we expand our purpose-built hospital facilities designed to offer high-quality, therapeutic, and recovery-focused mental health care. Orion Ward supports working-age adults experiencing acute mental health needs. You'll play a key role in providing clinical leadership and expert psychiatric care within a multi-professional team.

You'll work alongside nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, activity coordinators, and other clinicians to provide safe, compassionate, and personalized care. Your role will include leading ward rounds, managing admissions and discharges, assessing mental and physical health needs, and working closely with families, carers and community services.

If you're looking for a rewarding leadership role in a modern inpatient service where you can make a real difference in people's lives, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

You will be working in an organisation that fosters an inclusive culture, where we treat each another with compassion and kindness.

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 & be actively involvedקרה service improvement activities.

The Consultant Psychiatrist will be expected to work effectively with colleagues from other professional disciplines & 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.

Our Offer:

• GMC Sponsorship
• Recruitment premia £ célé£ 25,000 *subject to policy requirements
• Relocation allowance: up to £8,000 *subject to policy requirement
• Sponsorship for International candidates
• Up to £2,000/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.

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 Croווען 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 organizations 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 ára nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as pav 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.

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.

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 & 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, & they shape the współ way we interact, develop our colleagues, and celebrate success.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent recognized 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)
• Ability to use IT, including email and the internet
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• 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
• Knowledge of psychiatric provision
• 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
• 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 אַד clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional people within and outside the NHS
• 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.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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