Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Speciality Doctor to join our West Sussex Division. The post is based at Linwood in Haywards Heath, 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
- Working closely with the Consultants in the Mid Sussex NMHT and other colleagues in the North West Sussex area.
- Providing specialist psychiatric assessment, treatment and aftercare services to people aged 18 and above referred to the NMHT.
- Providing specialist psychiatric assessment, treatment and aftercare services to people aged 18 and above under the recovery team.
- Participating in a weekly multi-disciplinary clinical meeting with the other members of the NMHT at Linwood.
- Assessing new referrals, diagnosing and formulating management plans and risk assessments of newly referred patients and offering advice on treatment and risk management of patients who have confirmed diagnosis.
- Undertaking urgent assessments of new or current patients in crisis. As part of this role on rare occasions the Speciality Doctor will need to review patients from their caseload who are under the Crisis Resolution and Home treatment team, if medical review cannot wait for the availability of the Crisis team consultant.
- Attending professionals’ meetings of complex patients on their caseload.
- Participating in planning and developing local Mental Health Services in line with the Division aims and to contribute constructively to improving the standards of mental health care offered by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
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.
Person specification
Transport
Essential
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
Qualifications/Eligibility
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- 4 years at full-time postgraduate training or higher or equivalent experience with at least 2 years in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- MRCPsych
- Additional clinical qualifications.
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- 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.
- 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
Essential
- 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
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
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This advert is for Speciality Doctor - Mid Sussex NMHT with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Worthing, South East, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £63,696 - £102,689 pa. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Jul 2026.
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