Consultant Psychiatrist, East ATS ( RRP Applicable)

We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the East Assessment and Treatment Service (ATS) in Brighton & Hove. You will be joining a mutually supportive, friendly and enthusiastic team with a real passion for what we do. Brighton and Hove Community services are split in to two main teams, East and West ATS, each one further subdivided in to 3 smaller clusters. Each cluster has a geographical patch determined by alignment to a small number of GP surgeries, this helps facilitate good liaison with our Primary Care colleagues. This post will be in Park Crescent Cluster. We are a teaching Trust with strong links with Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS). Every cluster has a trainee, including F2, GP trainees, core or higher trainees. This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £25,000, in addition to (up to) £8000 relocation allowance. The RRP payment is paid in the following instalments: £5000 payment paid on appointment £5000 retention payment paid at 12 month anniversary of employment £6500 retention payment paid at 30 month anniversary of employment £8500 retention payment paid at 48 month anniversary of employment The Recruitment and Retention payment is pro rata for part time employees. To find out more about we can offer you at SPFT, please follow the link to our careers website here To find a list of our current Medical vacancies, please follow this link: https://ow.ly/EFnH50RZXyE Main duties of the job We are a large multi-disciplinary community mental health team, which provides specialist assessments and treatment to patients presenting with a range of complex and unstable mental health and social needs. As a consultant psychiatrist in our team, your main duties will be to: Provide specialist medical /psychiatric assessment and evidence-based treatment to patients referred to the service. Provide clinical supervision to the HST and informal advice and supervision to non-medical members of the team Fulfil the duties of Responsible Clinician for patient\’s subject to Community Treatment Orders including attendance at Mangers Hearings and Tribunals. Mental Health Act assessments for patients on the team caseload Liaison with inpatient Responsible Clinicians Liaison with the forensic team/drug and alcohol services and risk panel as required About us Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. Brighton & Hove is a unique, vibrant and exciting place to live and work, offering a lively city life with the opportunity to get away from it all to the South Downs National park just on the doorstep. The city offers excellent access to London and is in close proximity toGatwick Airport. Brighton is proud to be a diverse and inclusive city, and this is reflected in the staff mix employed by SPFT, and by the ethos of the Trust. We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we\’ll do our best to make it happen. Job description Job responsibilities The successful candidate will work as part of the wider MDT and demonstrate: Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge A wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service The ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty Commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement The ability to work in aparticipatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/ diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service. Please see the Job description/ person specification for more details about this post and the organisation. Wed love you to join our Trust, rated good overall and outstanding for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority. Other key survey results: 70% highlighting flexible working as a key point for satisfaction at work 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team 77% identifying opportunities to show initiative in their roles Person Specification Qualifications Essential MB BS or equivalent medical qualification. Desirable Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management. MRCPsych Eligibility Essential Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment. Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months. Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment Desirable In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice Clinical skills & Knowledge Essential Excellent knowledge in specialty Excellent oral and written communication skills in English Desirable Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service Employer details Employer name Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Address Community Mental Health Centre Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove Brighton BN2 3EW Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. 354-AB-20763-K #J-18808-Ljbffr