• Job Description

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  Job summary

  This vacancy attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £25,000 in addition to £8,000 relocation allowance. The RRP is pro rata for part time employees.

  Are you a compassionate and forward-thinking Consultant Psychiatrist looking to make a meaningful impact in the community? Join our dynamic and supportive team where your expertise will help shape the future of mental health care within our trust.

  We are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist to work at our Mulberry Ward, based at Farnham Road Hospital in Guildford. The post-holder will work full time and will be part of the Acute Care Pathway, and will work closely with the home treatment and community teams, ensuring effective and efficient pathways and care for patients. This provides a service consistent with models initially recommended in the National Service Framework.

  Whether you are seeking a fresh start, or the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you!

  Main duties of the job

  The successful candidate will be responsible for providing clinical input and leadership to a proportion of the inpatients in Mulberry Ward, and there are other opportunities to take on additional responsibilities with remuneration. The consultant Psychiatrist is responsible for providing clinical input and leadership and working alongside a multidisciplinary team in line with New Ways of Working.The home treatment team 'gate keeps' admissions to the inpatient units.

  The successful candidate will provide Consultant Psychiatrist input and be the Responsible clinician for the 15 bedded Mulberry Ward, mainly serving the population aligned to the ward with additional support from, other medical staff, Trainees and Multidisciplinary team.

  It is expected that the appointed candidate will work in partnership with the other consultant. In addition, the post holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary staff on the ward, including trainee doctors.

  Our offer:

  • Salary: NHS Consultant Grade £109,725 - £145,478 + £149 fringe
  • GMC Sponsorship
  • Relocation allowance: up to £8000 *subject to policy requirements
  • Sponsorship for international candidates: up to £3199
  • Recruitment premia £25,000 *subject to policy requirements
  • NHS Pension: employers contribution 23.7% from day one
  • Subsidised nursery places
  • Car Scheme: tax saving up to £6,000
  • Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership
  • Generous annual leave

  About us

  Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

  We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

  Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

  Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

  For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

  Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

  We look forward to receiving your application!

  Details

  Date posted

  21 August 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Consultant

  Salary

  £105,504 to £139,882 a year Plus £149 Fringe Allowance

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  325-6318053-MR-H

  Job locations

  Mulberry Ward, Farnham Road Hospital

  Farnham Road

  Guildford, Surrey

  GU2 7LX

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job description that clearly states all the requirements needed to carry out this role.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job description that clearly states all the requirements needed to carry out this role.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Full medical registration with a license to practice.
  • Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act(or within 6 to 12 months of the time of interview/assessment) or equivalent.

  Desirable

  • A recognised basic Medical Degree and MRCPsych or equivalent
  • MRCPsych or equivalent.
  • Management qualification or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills.

  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.

  Desirable

  • In good standing with GMC concerning warnings and conditions on practice
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment

  Clincical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

  Essential

  • Knowledge of legislation, Department of Health Guidance and literature and its implications for clinical practice
  • Knowledge of NHS strategic vision in the Next Stage Review (High-Quality Care for All)
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge

  Desirable

  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
  • Specific training qualification/certificate or attendance on a recognised teaching course.

  Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

  Essential

  • Ability to take a clinical leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care.
  • Ability to appraise own performance as a Specialty Doctor and reflect on development needs

  Desirable

  • Ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
  • Reflected on the purpose of CPD undertaken

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Full medical registration with a license to practice.
  • Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act(or within 6 to 12 months of the time of interview/assessment) or equivalent.

  Desirable

  • A recognised basic Medical Degree and MRCPsych or equivalent
  • MRCPsych or equivalent.
  • Management qualification or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills.

  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.

  Desirable

  • In good standing with GMC concerning warnings and conditions on practice
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment

  Clincical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

  Essential

  • Knowledge of legislation, Department of Health Guidance and literature and its implications for clinical practice
  • Knowledge of NHS strategic vision in the Next Stage Review (High-Quality Care for All)
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge

  Desirable

  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
  • Specific training qualification/certificate or attendance on a recognised teaching course.

  Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

  Essential

  • Ability to take a clinical leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care.
  • Ability to appraise own performance as a Specialty Doctor and reflect on development needs

  Desirable

  • Ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
  • Reflected on the purpose of CPD undertaken

  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).

  Additional information

  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).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Mulberry Ward, Farnham Road Hospital

  Farnham Road

  Guildford, Surrey

  GU2 7LX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Mulberry Ward, Farnham Road Hospital

  Farnham Road

  Guildford, Surrey

  GU2 7LX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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