# Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry - Mill View Hospital

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Worthing
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £63,696 - £102,689 Pro rata
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-11T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-04T15:43:18.754Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Hove/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8034868
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8034868?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Brighton and Hove Division have an exciting opportunity for a Specialty Grade doctor to join our acute services at Mill View Hospital in Hove. You will work with the Senior medical team and the wider MDT on the ward to provide excellent care to patients on Palmeira Ward. You will have the opportunity to join the local and trust wider academic programme in Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

### Main duties of the job

The 0.6 WTE Specialty Grade Doctor will provide specialist medical and psychiatric assessment and treatment including physical investigations of patients. You will provide medical leadership and attend to the ward multidisciplinary team meeting. You will support the senior medical team with weekly psychiatric assessment and reviews of the inpatient caseload. You will be the first medical response to psychiatric emergencies and medical seclusion reviews. You will carry out administrative tasks such as documenting ward reviews, completing discharge summaries, preparing reports for mental health act tribunals and referral letters to the medical hospital. You will be managing physical healthcare of patients on the ward.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

We would love to hear from you if you want to find out more about this exciting opportunity. Please see our contact details below.

## Job Details

The Brighton and Hove Division have an exciting opportunity for a Specialty Grade doctor to join our acute services at Mill View Hospital in Hove. You will work with the Senior medical team and the wider MDT on the ward to provide excellent care to patients on Palmeira Ward. You will have the opportunity to join the local and trust wider academic programme in Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

## Job Description

The 0.6 WTE Specialty Grade Doctor will provide specialist medical and psychiatric assessment and treatment including physical investigations of patients. You will provide medical leadership and attend to the ward multidisciplinary team meeting. You will support the senior medical team with weekly psychiatric assessment and reviews of the inpatient caseload. You will be the first medical response to psychiatric emergencies and medical seclusion reviews. You will carry out administrative tasks such as documenting ward reviews, completing discharge summaries, preparing reports for mental health act tribunals and referral letters to the medical hospital. You will be managing physical healthcare of patients on the ward.

## Responsibilities

Please see attached the Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

We would love to hear from you if you want to find out more about this exciting opportunity. Please see our contact details below.

## Person Specification

### Transport

**Essential**

- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

### Eligibility/Qualifications

**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**

- 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

## Documents

- [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254)
- [palmeira ward specialty doctor (sas) jd (pdf, 488.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10322700)

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