Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Psychiatry
- Grade
- Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 380-MED-26-011-PERM
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Foxglove Ward, St Martins Hospital
- Town
- Canterbury
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry - Foxglove Ward
Specialty Doctor
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job overview
YOU’RE BRILLIANT and we want you on OUR team
It’s time for a new challenge with Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with tremendous quality of life. Within Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust we have a network of approximately 150 members of medical staff, not including our range of foundation doctors, GP trainees, core trainees and higher trainees.
There are exciting times ahead with the Kent and Medway Medical School now open, a collaboration between Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent with Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust as one of the NHS partners, inspiring the next generation of medical professionals.
We are also at the forefront of partnership working - an integral part of the Integrated Care System - looking at sustainable health and social care and ensuring the individual is at the centre of everything.
Indulge your passion for research with our internationally known and enthusiastic team, who are involved in a whole host of national and home-grown studies that have the potential to shape future healthcare. You will be very welcome.
Main duties of the job
This is a 10 PA per working week post at Foxglove Ward (In Patient) as a Specialty Doctor in Acute Psychiatry.
The post holder will have a joint caseload with other clinicians in the team. They will be expected to work with other clinicians in keeping with the trust Lone Working Policy.
Please note that all interviews will be conducted via video link using Microsoft Teams.
Please note that you will be required to submit an application form for each post you are interested in applying for.
Working for our organisation
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed information regarding the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. The job description will provide you with the main duties and responsibilities of the role. The person specifications will detail the qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience required for the role.
*Please note the Job Description is currently pending Royal College Approval* .
Part time or job-share applications are welcome.
Our Benefits
Here are just some of our Benefits:
· Financial support for relocation of up to £8,000*
· Easy access to inhouse research team and academic opportunity through Kent’s own Medical school
· Generous annual leave and study leave entitlement and access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme
· Holiday of a Lifetime Scheme – Bank your annual leave to save up for that all important extended break
· Flexible working - just ask and we will try to help
· Excellent Learning and Development opportunities - We offer doctors at all grades the chance to engage in leadership, educational, research, quality improvement development and seek growth opportunities tailored to their areas of interest
· Free access to an independent counselling service
· Blue Light Card - A discount service for the NHS, with thousands of amazing discounts
· Car lease scheme
· A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.
*If you would like further information, or to know the full terms of the Relocation Allowance, then please contact our Medical Staffing Team: [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable criteria
- MRCPsych OR a specialist qualification from an EU country that complies with EU directive 2005/36/EU
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise.
Desirable criteria
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice.
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 6 months of appointment
Transport
Essential criteria
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 4 years postgraduate experience, including at least 2 years in psychiatry
- Good knowledge in specialty
- Good clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Good oral and written communication skills in English
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate experience in specialty
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential criteria
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Has actively participated in clinical audit.
Desirable criteria
- Able to deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Participated in research or service evaluation
Professional Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Shows empathy and sensitivity
- Copes under pressure
- Works co-operatively in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Evidence of annual appraisal and commitment to appraisal and revalidation.
Desirable criteria
- Manages own time, workload and prioritises work
- Able to use electronic records and use IT for email, internet and office software
Leadership
Essential criteria
- Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback.
Desirable criteria
- Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment
- Able to deputise for consultant psychiatrist.
- Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Shantala Satisha
- Job title
- Interim Head of Psychiatry (Acute Directorate)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01322622222
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