Specialty Doctor in Intellectual Disability (attracts £15K RRP)

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Specialty Doctor in Intellectual Disability to join their dynamic team. This role focuses on delivering psychiatric care in community settings, supporting mental health assessments, and managing crises to prevent hospital admissions.Offering competitive salary, allowances, and a supportive work environment, this position is ideal for those looking to progress their careers in mental health care while working in beautiful Surrey, close to London.

Benefits

Relocation allowance up to £8000

Up to £2000/year CPD allowance

NHS pension employer contribution 23.7% from day one

Qualifications

• Registered with GMC, with relevant psychiatric training.
• Proficient in mental health assessments and crisis intervention.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and reviews of patients referred to Intensive Support Service.
• Support crisis management and mental health act assessments.
• Contribute to teaching, audit, and quality improvement.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Crisis management

Clinical supervision

Education

GMC registration with a licence to practice

Experience in psychiatry

Job description

Specialty Doctor in Intellectual Disability (attracts £15K RRP)

Specialty Doctor in Intellectual Disability (attracts £15K RRP)

1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best Mental Health organisations in the country to work in?

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this particular post, and those that apply must be registered with the GMC with a licence to practice.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Intensive support service. The team provides intensive psychiatric care to people with ID in the community in order to prevent hospital admissions. It led following its inception to a 70% reduction in acute admissions. The role is to provide support to the wider teams in providing mental health assessment & crisis management, in order to primarily support the prevention of admissions to the inpatient unit but also help with facilitating discharge from the inpatient unit back to the community to help the flow of the patient pathway.

We are looking for specialty doctors in psychiatry who want to join our well established & very welcoming team. This post is very well supported by two experienced consultant psychiatrists, with many opportunities to develop your experience and career.

The main duties of the role is supporting with assessments & reviews of patients referred to the Intensive Support Service (ISS) service, with Section 12 approval to support with undertaking Mental Health Act assessments. To support with clinical supervision of nursing & other medical staff. To contribute to teaching, audit & quality improvement within the team. To provide immediate cover to Medical team both in the ISS & inpatient pathways during times of leave.

Our Offer

• NHS Specialty grade £59,175 - £95,400 per annum + £149 fringe + on- call requirement
• £15,000 recruitment premia over 3 years
• Relocation allowance: up to £8000 subject to policy requirement
• Up to £2000/year CPD allowance subject to policy requirements
• NHS pension employers contribution 23.7% from day one.
  
  

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!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Anushka Dissanayake Job title: Consultant in Intellectual Disabilities Email address: [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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