Consultant Psychiatrist - Upnor Ward, in-patient, Maidstone

NHS; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent & Medway NHS is looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the team at Upnor Ward in Maidstone. This role involves leading medical care on an acute adult in-patient ward while overseeing junior medical staff. The successful candidate will ensure high-quality patient care and maintain strong communication with multidisciplinary team members.

Benefits

A Recruitment Bonus of up to £15,000

Financial support for relocation of up to £8,000

Generous annual leave and study leave entitlement

Access to the NHS pension scheme

Flexible working - just ask, and we will try to help

Excellent Learning and Development opportunities

Free access to an independent counselling service

Blue Light Card for NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise.
• On the GMC Specialist Register or within six months.
• Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.

Responsibilities

• Attend and contribute to acute care pathway meetings.
• Ensure new admissions are assessed and management plans are in place within 24hrs.
• Provide supervision to specialty doctor, trainee and non-trainee doctors.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Wide range of specialist experience

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

MRCPsych or equivalent

Higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management

Job description

Go back Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist - Upnor Ward, in-patient, Maidstone

The closing date is 29 June 2025

YOU'RE BRILLIANT, and we want you on OUR team

This is a 6 PA per working week post within one of the three general younger adult acute inpatient wards based at Priority House in Maidstone.

The post holder will be responsible for medical leadership and work collaboratively with other members of the MDT to deliver quality care to patients on the ward.

The post-holder will be job sharing the Responsible Clinician role with a Consultant Nurse (AC approved) for an 18-bedded acute adult female ward.

The ward is co-located with the West Kent Crisis and Home Treatment Team and is situated in close proximity to a district general hospital.

The post is a dedicated inpatient post with no community or outpatient responsibility.

Main duties of the job

• To attend and contribute to the acute care pathway meetings.
• To ensure all new admission are assessed by a senior doctor and have management plans in place within 24hrs of admission. The post holder has medical responsibility for inpatients on wards for which they are consultant.
• To work in close liaison with the patient flow team and attendance at local bed management meetings and telephone conferences.
• To attend acute care group business and patient safety meetings.
• To use clinically effective treatments approved by NICE guidelines and support ongoing trust efforts to become and outstanding organisation in all CQC dimensions.
• To offer adequate supervision to speciality doctor, trainee and non trainee doctors working on the ward.
• The RC is expected to ensure relevantMHA paper work is in line with the code of practice and trust policy.
• The post holder is expected to ensure discharge summaries are completed on time and the information reflects care undertaken.

Successful applicants must have MRCPsych or equivalent and be on, or within six months of inclusion on, the Specialist Register and be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise, as well as Approved Clinician and S12 approval under the Mental Health Act.

Interviews will be conducted via video link using Teams.

Please note that you will be required to submit an application form for each post you are interested in applying for.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone is recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Job responsibilities

For detailed information regarding the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. The job description will provide you with the main duties and responsibilities of the role. The person specifications will detail the qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience required for the role.

This post is being advertised pending Royal College job description approval.

Here are just some of our Benefits:

• A Recruitment Bonus of up to £15,000
• Financial support for relocation of up to £8,000*
• Easy access to in-house research team and academic opportunity through Kents own Medical school
• Generous annual leave and study leave entitlement, and access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme
• Holiday of a Lifetime Scheme bank your annual leave to save up for that all important extended break
• Flexible working - just ask and we will try to help
• Excellent Learning and Development opportunities - We offer doctors at all grades the chance to engage in leadership, educational, research, quality improvement development and seek growth opportunities tailored to their areas of interest
• Free access to an independent counselling service
• Blue Light Card - A discount service for the NHS, with thousands of amazing discounts
• Car lease scheme
• A variety of staff network forums which empower, support, and encourage network members and allies to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.

*If you would like further information, or to know the full terms of the Recruitment Bonus and/or Relocation Allowance, then please contact our Medical Staffing Team:[e-mail]

Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise.
• On the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych or equivalent
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead team
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Participated in research or service evaluation
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
• Experienced in clinical research and /or service evaluation
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

Transport

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

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.

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

£105,504 to £139,882 a yearpro rata per annum