Job summary
- Main area
- General Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 7 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 354-AB-20884
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mill View Hospital
- Town
- Hove
- Salary
- £96,990 - £107,155 Pro rata for part time working
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Grade in General Adult Inpatient 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
Sussex Partnership have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Grade doctor to join our acute services at Mill View Hospital in Hove. This is a new Specialist Grade doctor post. The Specialist Grade doctor will work with working age patients on Brunswick Ward (7 PA's), a 13 bedded acute adult mental health ward alongside a 0.8WTE Consultant Psychiatrist. This post is one example of the commitment of the Trust to ensure career development for our senior medical team workforce and to develop enhanced provision and capacity for families and carers using the service in challenging times.
Brunswick Ward is situation in Mill View Hospital where there are 4 other acute wards with their own fully established medical teams. The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team is located within the hospital and accept referrals from acute wards to facilitate supportive discharges. Mill View Hospital is also the base for some of the Brighton and Hove Community Mental Health Teams.
The Specialist Grade doctor will work closely with the Consultant and support the multi-disciplinary Team, which also includes resident doctors to deliver a person-centred mental health care. You will be supported by nursing staff, occupational therapists and psychologists to support, formulate and implement treatment plans. We regularly support medical students on placement from Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
Main duties of the job
The Specialist Grade doctor will provide specialist medical and psychiatric assessment and treatment including, when appropriate, physical investigations of patients. You will provide senior medical leadership to the ward multidisciplinary team and take the lead in managing complex cases. You will provide specialist medical advice and consultation to a range of health and social care staff to promote effective delivery of person-centred mental health care. You will provide leadership and clinical supervision to the Resident Doctors alongside the Consultant. You will complete appropriate Mental Health Act assessments, related medical and administrative documents including Mental Health Tribunal reports. The post holder will operate within the professional code of conduct, guidelines, policies, procedures and legislation relevant to the post. You will provide cover for female patients admitted to the single-bedded Health Based Place of Safety at Mill View Hospital when required. You will provide cover for Approved Clinical work to colleagues in the acute pathway upon the rota/request.
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 those advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.
You will have access to the Trust's SAS Tutor and Advocate who can signpost regarding support around a range of issues. You will be encouraged to develop your network through SAS development days and through use of CPD via the study leave process.
We have outstanding countryside and beautiful beaches. We've got the sea, air and the sound of the surf. There's the hustle and bustle of Brighton and the scenic South Downs. Not only that, the Hampshire and Sussex coastline is the sunniest place to live in the UK (just ask the Met Office!). To find out more about what we offer please take a look at our careers portal: https://careers.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities. We are awaiting for approval from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- 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
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.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Lauren D'Souza
- Job title
- General Manager - Acute Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07341 737 666
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