Job overview

An exciting opportunity has to work within the Perinatal Mental Health Services, NW Surrey has arisen and is a fixed term contract for 12months. You will be joining a passionate, friendly & welcoming team. 

The post would be ideal for someone who is waiting to get onto the higher trainee posts in psychiatry. The post would also be ideal for someone who is preparing for MRCPsych examinations. The post provides plenty of experience in managing acute & chronic conditions in psychiatry with a perinatal frame of mind.

There will be plenty of opportunities to undertake audits, Quality Improvement projects, and teaching both within the team & across the team. 

Dr Ramya Giridhar, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist who will be your supervisor, is a CASC Examiner and is a panel member for HST interviews. Therefore, whatever your career intentions are, you would be able to achieve them in this post.

Our Offer:

• NHS Specialty grade £61,542 - £99,216 per annum + £149 fringe pro rata for part time
• Up to £2000/year CPD allowance subject to policy requirements
• NHS pension employers contribution 20.68% from day one
• Subsidised nursery places
• Car scheme tax savings up to £6000
• Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership and many more. Please check our benefits brochure

We are not able to offer sponsorship for this  post, and those that apply must be registered with the GMC with a licence to practice. 

Main duties of the job

The duties of the post would include undertaking comprehensive assessments and risk assessments. The can be new patient assessments, or review appointments. New patient assessments are restricted to one per week, unless there is an emergency. 

You would be expected to able to communicate with midwives, general practitioners and health professionals effectively. Therefore, good verbal and written communication skills are necessary for the post.

You would attend the MDT meetings on Thursday morning which would be a fixed commitment. 

You would be expected to support the triage clinicians once a week as per the rota. At present, this is on a Thursday.

You would be supported by administration staff and other members of the team who are friendly and welcoming.

You would receive appropriate training to undertake the duties of the post and therefore would feel supported even if you have not worked in perinatal psychiatry before.

There is no on-call commitment in this post. You can, however, undertake on-calls on a locum basis to cover the gaps in the rota depending on your level of experience. 

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!