Consultant Psychiatrist, Polaris Ward - Silverwood (attracts £25K RRP)

Job overview

Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a General Medical Council (GMC) sponsor employer

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Consultant Psychiatrist to join our adult inpatient service at our newest purpose built hospital, located within our Polaris Ward at Silverwood.

The post-holder will deliver consultant psychiatric input to inpatients admitted to the ward per the agreed Acute Service Operational Policy. In addition, the post holder will provide clinical leadership and be actively involved in service improvement activities.

We will consider additional PAs for successful applicants wishing to consider leadership roles, teaching positions or being involved in Research and Development.

You will be working in an organisation that fosters an inclusive culture, where we treat each other with compassion and kindness. You will be able to grow your career, and we have dedicated pathways to help enable you to do this. We will support your personal and professional growth through our extensive training opportunities.

This post offers SPA time supporting CPD, teaching and supervision, audit, quality improvement, research interests and clinical leadership. The role includes participation in the Surrey-wide WAA consultant on-call rota (approximately 1:30).

Main duties of the job

The Consultant Psychiatrist  will be expected to work effectively with colleagues from other professional disciplines and deliver services consistent with the Trust policy for the Care Programme Approach. The post-holder is also expected to liaise effectively with the other general and specialist teams operating in Surrey to ensure effective handover of care when patients transfer between teams as part of the patient pathway.

We strive to offer a great work life balance - if you are looking for full time, part time or flexible options, we will try to make this work where operationally possible. We are committed to the health and well-being of our employees to create a positive work-life balance, along with a broad range of benefits.

Our offer:

• Salary: NHS Consultant Grade £105,504 - £139,882+ £149 fringe, + on-call payments
• GMC Sponsorship
• Relocation allowance: up to £8000 *subject to policy requirements
• Sponsorship for international candidates: up to £3199
• Recruitment premia £25,000 *subject to policy requirements
• NHS Pension: employers contribution 23.7% from day one
• Subsidised nursery places
• Car Scheme: tax saving up to £6,000
• Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership

This job attracts a Recruitment & Retention (R&R) payment of £25,000 in addition to £8000 relocation allowance. The R&R  payment is pro rata for part time employees. To request full terms of the R&R payment or relocation allowance please email Medical Recruitment Team [email protected]

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Silverwood contains four adult inpatient wards. Our ambition is to transform inpatient mental healthcare for our local population.

Silverwood provides 64 beds all with single ensuite bedrooms, two lounges and a dedicated garden for each ward, as well as a woodland area for supervised walks.

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