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

HwC Ventures; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in mental health care is seeking specialty doctors in psychiatry to join their Intensive Support Service. The role involves supporting patients and preventing hospital admissions while offering robust clinical supervision and opportunities for career advancement. The position offers competitive salary, relocation assistance, and an engaging work environment close to London.

Benefits

Relocation allowance up to £8000

Up to £2000/year CPD allowance

NHS pension employers contribution 23.7%

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the GMC with a licence to practice.
• Hold Section 12 approval for Mental Health Act assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Intensive Support Service team.
• Conduct assessments and reviews for patients in the psychiatric care.
• Contribute to clinical supervision and participate in teaching activities.

Skills

Mental Health Assessment

Crisis Management

Clinical Supervision

Teaching

Audit & Quality Improvement

Job description

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!

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

Please note this role is over two locations:
ISS, 18 Mole Business Park, Randall's Road, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7AD and Deacon Unit, St. Ebba’s, Epsom, Surrey KT19 8QJ.