Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-AN-20804
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Crawley Neighbourhood Mental Health Team
- Town
- Crawley
- Salary
- £96,990 - £107,155 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Specialist grade Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
This is an exciting, newly created post within the Crawley Assessment and Treatment service. We are looking for a Specialist Grade (Psychiatry) to join the medical team. The post holder will be expected to provide senior medical input to the team.
Please note this post attracts a Golden Hello payment of up to £5,000 as well as a Relocation Package of up to £8000. Information on these can be obtained from the Medical Staffing Team via [email protected]
To find out more about we can offer you at SPFT, please follow the link to our careers website here
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assess patients, risk assess and formulate treatment plans. You will be available to the MDT for consultation and with the consultants will be the senior medical resource for the team.
You will also be expected to assist consultants in supervision and teaching of more junior medical colleagues.
Our medics enjoy excellent access to weekly CPD sessions and are well supported through our supervisory structure, which incorporates regular job planning, review and evaluation to ensure we get the workload balance right.
Medics can join our Clinical Academic Groups and we have close links with the Trust Research Unit, co-developing evidence based interventions, such as the hearing voices clinic. We encourage our medics to get involved in on-going service improvement initiatives, such as our recent HDAT audit and work with our Pharmacists on Trust-wide service improvements
Working for our organisation
At Sussex Partnership we are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.
If you haven’t thought about living in West Sussex before then you should consider the following:
- Journey from the coast to the countryside in minutes
- Enjoy a lifestyle where there are renowned cycle routes and picturesque walks, including the famous South Downs Way in the South Downs National Park!
- Embrace taking time to discover all the miles of scenic coastline, including West Wittering beach and Selsey.
- Easy access to airports - Gatwick and Heathrow are both within 90 minutes of the county, providing links to Europe and beyond
- Brighton and Hove or London are within easy reach via local and national bus routes and national mainline stations
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will provide senior medical services to the population of Crawley and the surrounding area.
You will work in a dynamic multidisciplinary team to provide excellent patient care. You will be part of a network of SAS doctors and will benefit from peer support in your role.
There is only so much we can say to you in an advert, so would love to speak to you about this role in more detail. Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Completed a minimum of 12 years’ medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification
- A minimum of six years should have been in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. Equivalent years’ experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.
Desirable criteria
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- MRCPsych
- Additional clinical qualifications.
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- To be section 12(2) MHA 1983 approved (or achieve within 6 months of appointment), if not have Approved Clinician (AC) status/approval and be on the AC register.
Desirable criteria
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Transport
Essential criteria
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
Professional Values and Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates the underpinning subject-specific competences i.e. knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope.
- Critically reflects on own competence, understands own limits, and seeks help when required.
- Communicates effectively and is able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management.
Desirable criteria
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Leadership and Teamworking
Essential criteria
- Awareness of their leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour; managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others.
- Develops effective relationships across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams – promotes and participates in both multidisciplinary and interprofessional team working.
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Essential criteria
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings, with respect for and recognition of the roles of other health professionals.
- Implements quality improvement methods and repeats quality improvement cycles to refine practice; designing projects and evaluating their impact.
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 Isabelle Akin-Ojo
- Job title
- Lead Consultant - North West Sussex Community
- Email address
- [email protected]
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