Specialty Doctor, Perinatal Services, SW

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Godalming; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS health provider in Godalming seeks a Specialty Doctor to join the Perinatal Psychiatry Service. You will provide high-quality medical care and support junior doctors, while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. The role offers a competitive salary and diverse benefits, including a recruitment premium. Ideal candidates must have GMC registration and strong communication skills.

Benefits

NHS specialty grade salary £61,542 - £99,216

£15,000 recruitment premium

Up to £2,000/year CPD allowance

NHS pension employers contribution 20.68%

Subsidised nursery places

Car scheme tax savings up to £6,000

Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership

Qualifications

• GMC registration with a licence to practice.
• Experience in providing clinical supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality medical care in perinatal mental health.
• Support clinical supervision for junior doctors.
• Communicate with midwives and health professionals.
• Participate in service evaluation and planning.

Skills

GMC registration

Strong verbal and written communication

Job description

Overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Specialty Doctor to join the Surrey Perinatal Psychiatry Service on a substantive basis.

The Surrey Perinatal Mental Health Service provides specialist, multidisciplinary community care for the assessment and treatment of women experiencing psychosis and other severe mental illnesses during pregnancy and the postnatal period, serving families across the county of Surrey. The successful post-holder will work as part of a supportive and experienced team, covering part of the South-West arm of the service, in close collaboration with the Perinatal Consultant Psychiatrist. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop specialist expertise in perinatal psychiatry and contribute meaningfully to improving outcomes for women and their families.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for this post, and those that apply must be registered with the GMC with a licence to practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality medical care with support from consultant perinatal psychiatrists across the Perinatal Service and maintain the high level of expertise and skill necessary for the provision of excellent quality perinatal mental health care, aiming for optimal outcomes for mother, infant and the wider family.
• Support Perinatal Consultant Psychiatrists in providing clinical supervision to junior doctors working or training in the service, and offer clinical advice and information to all staff as required.
• Communicate effectively with midwives, general practitioners and health professionals; strong verbal and written communication skills are necessary for the post.
• Participate in service evaluation and planning of future service developments; ensure cover is arranged for responsibilities during leave with consultant colleagues within the service and cross-cover with other perinatal doctors.

Qualifications

• GMC registration with a licence to practice (unsponsored post).

Our Offer / Benefits

• NHS Specialty grade £61,542 - £99,216 per annum plus £149 fringe pro rata for part time.
• £15,000 recruitment premium over 3 years.
• Up to £2,000/year CPD allowance subject to policy requirements.
• NHS pension employers contribution 20.68% from day one.
• Subsidised nursery places.
• Car scheme tax savings up to £6,000.
• Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership.

About the Trust and Inclusion

We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect the 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 is job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.

About Surrey and the Trust

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, with excellent road and rail networks. For international travel, Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.