¹û¶³´«Ã½APP

Skip to main content

This site is independent of the NHS and the Department of Health.

Please wait, loading

Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 6 sessions per week
Job ref
354-AB-20857
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Mill View Hospital
Town
Hove
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 Pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/02/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust logo

Consultant Psychiatrist, West Assessment & Treatment Service

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the West Assessment and Treatment Service (ATS) in Brighton & Hove. You will be joining a mutually supportive, friendly and enthusiastic team. We are a large multi-disciplinary community mental health team, which provides specialist assessments and treatment to patients presenting with a range of complex and unstable mental health and social needs.

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist medical /psychiatric assessment and evidence-based treatment to patients referred to the service.

Provide clinical supervision to the HST and informal advice and supervision to non-medical members of the team

Fulfil the duties of Responsible Clinician for patients subject to Community Treatment Orders including attendance at Mangers Hearings and Tribunals.

Mental Health Act assessments for patients on the team caseload

Liaison with inpatient Responsible Clinicians

Liaison with the forensic team/drug and alcohol services and risk panel as required

Working for our organisation

The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Living & Working in Brighton:

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park

We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Ìý

Key staff survey results include:

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description document for full details of the role and responsibilities.Ìý

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Eligibility

Essential criteria
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

Transport

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

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

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

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

Essential criteria
  • 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
  • Ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.
Desirable criteria
  • 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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzePride In Veterans

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Almas Channon
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07738 756954