Job overview

This vacancy attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £25,000 in addition to £8,000 relocation allowance. The RRP is pro rata for part time employees.

Are you a compassionate and forward-thinking Consultant Psychiatrist looking to make a meaningful impact in the community? Join our dynamic and supportive team where your expertise will help shape the future of mental health care within our trust.

We are looking for an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist to work in our well-established Surrey Heath Children and Young Service team based in Aldershot, Hampshire. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing clinical input and leadership to our Children and Young Peoples Services Community, working alongside a multidisciplinary team in line with New Ways of Working and our i-THRIVE framework.

We provide various community services, integrated health and social care, early intervention, and detection programmes, and highly specialised therapy and treatment. Our high-quality care focuses on enabling people to live well with their conditions and to work towards recovery.

Whether you are seeking a fresh start, or the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

You’ll have the opportunity of working within a well-established and friendly team of highly skilled professionals who are passionate and committed to the care needs of our children and young people. 

You would be responsible for providing a diagnostic, assessment and treatment service for children and adolescents with mental health problems within a multi-disciplinary approach to care, promoting high-quality multidisciplinary working and relationships.  On average, a full-time consultant would complete 2-3 monthly assessments. Patients have a consultant review after 6 weeks of treatment in the team and then every 2-3 months.

You will participate in an emergency out-of-hours rota, providing back-up for junior doctors and professionals in assessing young people seen in A&E.

You’ll have opportunities to support, supervise and train our Junior Medical Staff within the team.

Our offer:

• Salary: NHS Consultant Grade £109,725 - £145,478 + £149 fringe
• 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
• Car Scheme: tax saving up to £6,000
• Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership
• Generous annual leave

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!