Consultant Psychiatrist – Amber Ward (Attracts £45K RRP): Sponsorship Available

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a full time Consultant Psychiatrist to join Amber Ward, a 12-bed Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at Langley Green Hospital in Crawley. This is a key medical and leadership role within our inpatient multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality, person-centred care to adults experiencing acute mental health difficulties.

This job attracts aRecruitment and Retention payment of £45,000structured over a three-year period as follows:

o£15,000 payable upon successful recruitment

o£10,000 payable at 12 months’ service

o£10,000 payable at 24 months’ service

o£10,000 payable at 36 months’ service

What We Offer

  • Relocation expenses up to £8,000 subject to role and policy requirements
  • Excellent NHS pension scheme .
  • 30 days study leave over 3 years with annual study budget.
  • Opportunities for flexible working and bespoke job planning.
  • Access to wellbeing support, staff networks, and Balint groups.
  • Opportunities to engage in research, teaching, and quality improvement
  • Free parking onsite

To find a list of our current Medical vacancies, please follow this link:https://ow.ly/EFnH50RZXyE

Main duties of the job

You will work with the MDT on the ward to provide excellent care to patients admitted to the ward. You will work with other acute in-patient services in Langley Green and with local community teams.

o Providing specialist psychiatric assessment and treatment to inpatients.Leading ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings.

o Acting as Responsible Clinician for detained patients under the Mental Health Act.

o Supervising junior medical staff and contribute to teaching and training.

o Engage in clinical governance, quality improvement, and service development.

This role can also support research, development, medical education or special interests. We strongly believe in creating roles that provide a service but also give you the opportunity to develop your own areas of special interest.

On appointment you will have the opportunity to join the Trust wide consultant network as well as having access to peer support from colleagues here in West Sussex.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable

  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
  • MRCPsych
  • Additional clinical qualifications.

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

Desirable

  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Transport

Essential

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

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & 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 & 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

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: 31 August 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.