NHS
Consultant Psychiatrist
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Job Description
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- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- 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.
- 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
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
- Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- 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
- Ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- 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.
- 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
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
- Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- 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
- Ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.
Job summary
We are seeking a Full time (10 PA per week) Consultant Psychiatrist to join the newly formed Specialist Adult Mental Health Service within the Lewes Neighbourhood, East Sussex.
You will be joining a mutually supportive, friendly and enthusiastic team with a real passion for what we do.
Main duties of the job
The team is gradually moving to a Neighbourhood model, where secondary care works in close collaboration with GPs, East Sussex Wellbeing, third sector services and other local partners, to offer the right help in the right place and by the right professional, reducing the excessive and inappropriate demands on specialist services.
Towards the same aim, we have implemented fully New Ways of Working for psychiatrists and will soon introduce the post-CPA recommendations of NHSE and a new Electronic Patient Record system
About us
We offer annual Job Planning to review the needs of the professional and the service and plan accordingly the timetable of activities and objectives for the next year.
Details
Date posted
04 March 2026
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
354-AE-21263-A
Job locations
Hillrise
Church Hill
Newhaven, East Sussex
BN9 9HH
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
It is envisaged that the post holder will work 10 programmed activities over 5 days.
The overall split of the programmed activities is 7.5 to be devoted to direct clinical care and 2.5 to supporting professional activities.
For an outline of the role duties and our local services, please read the attached Job Description.
Job responsibilities
It is envisaged that the post holder will work 10 programmed activities over 5 days.
The overall split of the programmed activities is 7.5 to be devoted to direct clinical care and 2.5 to supporting professional activities.
For an outline of the role duties and our local services, please read the attached Job Description.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications & Eligibility
Essential
Transport
Essential
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential
Desirable
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential
Qualifications & Eligibility
Essential
Transport
Essential
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential
Desirable
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure 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).
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
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hillrise
Church Hill
Newhaven, East Sussex
BN9 9HH
Employer's website
https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hillrise
Church Hill
Newhaven, East Sussex
BN9 9HH
Employer's website
https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (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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