Job summary
- Main area
- Consultant
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 8 sessions per week (please see job description for further details)
- Job ref
- 325-8112371-MR
- Employer
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Unither House
- Town
- Chertsey
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 Plus £149 Fringe Allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Psychiatrist, Perinatal - NW Surrey (attracts £25K RRP)
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £25,000 in addition to £8000 relocation allowance. The RRP is pro rata for part time employees.
This is an opportunity for a consultant Psychiatrist who will be responsible for providing clinical input & leadership to the North-West Perinatal Mental Health team based at Unither House & will work alongside a multidisciplinary team in line with new ways of Working.
The Perinatal Mental Health Service provides a multidisciplinary, comprehensive community specialist service for assessing & treating women with psychosis and other severe mental illnesses in pregnancy & postnatally across the county of Surrey. We ensure that care provided aligns with the vision & values of the patient service centred, compassionate, high-quality, focussed on the needs of the woman, the baby & the wider family, facilitating shared decision-making at all times.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will share responsibility with other consultant perinatal psychiatrists for providing high-quality clinical care across the perinatal service. This includes assessments of women’s mental health & mother-infant relationships & related risks, bio-psycho-social diagnostic formulations, exploration of prevention, treatment & care options, clear communication & shared decision-making with patients (& families as appropriate), communication & joint planning with other professionals & agencies by the most effective means, use of proper legal statutes & powers where necessary for good patient care.
Provide regular clinical supervision to junior doctors working or training in the service & clinical advice & information as & when required to all staff and to participate in the on-call rota with other Consultant staff as agreed in the job plan.
- NHS Consultant grade £113,565 - £150,569 per annum + £149 fringe + on- call requirement
- Recruitment premia £25,000 *subject to policy requirements
- Relocation allowance: up to £8000 *subject to policy requirement
- Up to £2000/year CPD allowance *subject to policy requirements
- NHS pension employers contribution 23.7% from day one
- Company Car Lease Scheme
- Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership and many mor
Please check our benefits here: Medical : Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for other benefits.
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!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job
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Please check our benefits here: Medical : Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for other benefits.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full medical registration with a license to practice.
- Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act(or within 6 to 12 months of the time of interview/assessment) or equivalent
- MBBS or equivalent recognised medical qualification
Desirable criteria
- Relevant higher degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Management qualification or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills.
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of legislation, Department of Health Guidance and literature and its implications for clinical practice.
- Knowledge of NHS strategic vision in the Next Stage Review (High-Quality Care for All)
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Ability to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Experience working with various patient groups presenting with the full range of clinical severity across different care settings, including community, inpatient, and Specialty teams.
- Knowledge of psychiatric provision
Desirable criteria
- Published audit or research projects
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
- Experience in management
- Specific training qualification/certificate or attendance on a recognised teaching course.
- Peer review or research publications
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
Desirable criteria
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential criteria
- Ability to take a clinical leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high- quality care.
- Skills and sensitivity in negotiating with patients, relatives, and other professionals where opinions differ.
- A high-level ability to effectively communicate complex and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers, and a wide range of lay and professional people within and outside the NHS at both written and oral levels.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Shriti Burgul
- Job title
- Consultant Psychiatrist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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