Specialty Doctor - Langley Green Hospital

Job summary

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated substantive Specialty Doctor to join Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust at our Adult Inpatient Mental Health Ward Coral Ward located in Langley Green Hospital, Crawley, West Sussex.

Coral Ward is a 19 bed mixed inpatient facilities for working-age adults experiencing mental health crises and requiring acute hospital admission. Both wards have a full-time substantive consultant, as well as clinical fellows.

The wards operate with a well-established multidisciplinary team (MDT), including an Occupational Therapist, Activity Workers, Clinical Psychologist, nursing staff, and experienced Ward managers.

The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, energetic, and committed to delivering high-quality care to patients with acute and chronic psychiatric conditions. They will ensure that assessments and interventions are provided in a sensitive, accessible, and culturally appropriate manner. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with consultants and senior Managers to contribute to local service development.

Psychiatrists are integral for driving change and influencing service development. As a Trust we welcome positive transformation and using each other's experiences to shape this. The Trust has ambitious aims to continuously improve for the good of our patients and we welcome clinical and non-clinical views in order to achieve this together.

Main duties of the job

The position requires full GMC registration, and we are looking for candidates with at least 2 years' experience in psychiatry to work across 2 acute psychiatric wards for inpatients.

Applicants should have experience of team working, good organisation skills and be able to work on their own initiative. Effective communication and empathic skills are essential.

Please refer to JD for more detailed information.

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.

Our values are to be compassionate, accountable and optimistic. The Trust has built our future focus 2025-2030 which outlines our vision, purpose, ambitions and objectives which incorporate these values and behaviours. Our strategy can be viewedhere.

What We Offer

• 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 peer 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

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.

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Person specification

Eligibility

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

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

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical Qualification
• 4 years at full-time postgraduate training or higher or equivalent experience with at least 2 years in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty

Desirable

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