Job requirements
Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Transport
Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
- Qualifications & Eligibility
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- Qualifications & Eligibility
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Qualifications & Eligibility
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Qualifications & Eligibility
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Qualifications & Eligibility
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Ability to work in and lead team
- Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
- Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Participated in continuous professional development
- Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Participated in research or service evaluation.
- Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
- Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
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.
- Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Job overview
We are seeking a Full time (10 PA per week) Consultant Psychiatrist to join the newly formed Specialist Adult Mental Health Service within the Lewes Neighbourhood, East Sussex.
You will be joining a mutually supportive, friendly and enthusiastic team with a real passion for what we do.
This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £45,000 structured over a three-year period as follows:
- £15,000 payable upon successful recruitment
- £10,000 payable at 12 months’ service
- £10,000 payable at 24 months’ service
- £10,000 payable at 36 months’ service
The Recruitment and Retention payment is pro rata for part time employees. If you would like further information, or to know the full terms of the Recruitment and Retention Payment and/or the Relocation Allowance, then please do not hesitate to contact our Medical Staffing Team - spft.medicalhr@nhs.net
To find out more about we can offer you at SPFT, please follow the link to our careers website here
Main duties of the job
The team is gradually moving to a Neighbourhood model, where secondary care works in close collaboration with GPs, East Sussex Wellbeing, third sector services and other local partners, to offer the right help in the right place and by the right professional, reducing the excessive and inappropriate demands on specialist services.
Towards the same aim, we have implemented fully New Ways of Working for psychiatrists and will soon introduce the post-CPA recommendations of NHSE and a new Electronic Patient Record system
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
It is envisaged that the post holder will work 10 programmed activities over 5 days.
The overall split of the programmed activities is 7.5 to be devoted to direct clinical care and 2.5 to supporting professional activities.
For an outline of the role duties and our local services, please read the attached Job Description.
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.
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This advert is for Consultant Psychiatrist - Lewes NMHT (£45k RRP) with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Haywards Heath, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 02 Nov 2026.
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