Consultant Psychiatrist – Upnor Ward (In-Patient): Sponsorship Available

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Job summary

YOU’RE BRILLIANT, and we want you on OUR team

This is a 6 PA per working week post within one of the three general younger adult acute inpatient wards based at Priority House in Maidstone.

The post holder will be responsible for medical leadership and work collaboratively with other members of the MDT to deliver quality care to patients on the ward.

The post-holder will be job sharing the Responsible Clinician role with a Consultant Nurse (AC approved) for an 18-bedded acute adult female ward.

The ward is co-located with the West Kent Crisis and Home Treatment Team and is situated in close proximity to a district general hospital.

The post is a dedicated inpatient post with no community or outpatient responsibility.

Main duties of the job

  • To attend and contribute to the acute care pathway meetings.
  • To ensure all new admission are assessed by a senior doctor and have management plans in place within 24hrs of admission. The post holder has medical responsibility for inpatients on wards for which they are consultant.
  • To work in close liaison with the patient flow team and attendance at local bed management meetings and telephone conferences.
  • To attend acute care group business and patient safety meetings.
  • To use clinically effective treatments approved by NICE guidelines and support ongoing trust efforts to become and outstanding organisation in all CQC dimensions.
  • To offer adequate supervision to speciality doctor, trainee and non trainee doctors working on the ward.
  • The RC is expected to ensure relevantMHA paper work is in line with the code of practice and trust policy.
  • The post holder is expected to ensure discharge summaries are completed on time and the information reflects care undertaken.

Successful applicants must have MRCPsych or equivalent and be on, or within six months of inclusion on, the Specialist Register and be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise, as well as Approved Clinician and S12 approval under the Mental Health Act.

Interviews will be conducted via video link using Teams.

Please note that you will be required to submit an application form for each post you are interested in applying for.

Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise.
  • 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

  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
  • MRCPsych or equivalent
  • Additional clinical qualifications.
  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Excellent knowledge in specialty
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
  • 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

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

Essential

  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
  • Ability to work in and lead team
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
  • Participated in continuous professional development
  • Participated in research or service evaluation
  • Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes

Desirable

  • Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
  • Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
  • Experienced in clinical research and /or service evaluation
  • Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
  • Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

Transport

Essential

  • Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 29 November 2026

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