Job requirements
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Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Transport
Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
- Eligibility/Qualifications
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- Eligibility/Qualifications
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Eligibility/Qualifications
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Eligibility/Qualifications
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Eligibility/Qualifications
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 have an exciting opportunity for a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist to join our West Sussex Division. The post is based at Cantelupe House in East Grinstead, West Sussex which forms part of our newly formed Mid Sussex Neighbourhood Mental Health team (NMHT).
West Sussex Community services are divided into two main areas: North West Sussex and Coastal Sussex. North West Sussex has three NMHTs located in Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex. Each NMHT covers a geographical area aligned with GP surgeries to facilitate liaison with Primary Care colleagues.
Psychiatrists are integral for driving change and influencing service development. As a Trust we welcome positive transformation and using each other's experiences to shape this. The Trust has ambitious aims to continuously improve for the good of our patients and we welcome clinical and non-clinical views in order to achieve this together.
Main duties of the job
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.
As a consultant psychiatrist in our team, your main duties will be to:
- Provide specialist medical /psychiatric assessment and evidence-based treatment to patients referred to the service
- Provide clinical supervision to trainees and informal advice and supervision to non-medical members of the team
- Fulfil the duties of Responsible Clinician for patient's subject to Community Treatment Orders including attendance at Managers 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.
You will be part of a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team that consists of Nurses, Psychologist, Occupational Therapists and more.
We’d love to hear from you! For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please see our contact details below.
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 Fixed Term Consultant Psychiatrist 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 pa. The contract type is Fixed term: 9 months (full-time). The application deadline is 23 Sep 2026.
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