Job Overview
This is an exciting, newly created post within the Crawley Assessment and Treatment service. We are looking for a Specialist Grade (Psychiatry) to join the medical team. The post holder will be expected to provide senior medical input to the team.
Essential Criteria
* Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
* 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.
Main Duties
The post holder will assess patients, conduct risk assessments and formulate treatment plans. They will be available to the MDT for consultation and act as the senior medical resource within the team.
They will also assist consultants in the supervision and teaching of more junior medical colleagues.
Our medics enjoy excellent access to weekly CPD sessions and are well supported through a supervisory structure that includes regular job planning, review and evaluation to ensure a balanced workload.
Medics can join our Clinical Academic Groups and work closely with the Trust Research Unit in co‑developing evidence‑based interventions, such as the hearing voices clinic. We encourage medics to engage in ongoing service‑improvement initiatives, including the recent HDAT audit and collaboration with our Pharmacists on Trust‑wide service improvements.
Qualifications & Professional Experience
* MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
* Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
* In good standing with the 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.
* Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
* Additional clinical qualifications.
* 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.
Transport
* Holds a valid UK driving licence or provides evidence of a proposed alternative.
Professional Values, Leadership & Teamworking
* Demonstrates the underpinning subject‑specific competences—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 shares decision‑making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals, promoting a person‑centred approach to their care, including self‑management.
* Has a wide range of specialist and sub‑specialist experience relevant to a post within NHS or comparable service.
* Awareness of leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour; manages unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable situations and builds collaboration with others.
* Develops effective relationships across teams and contributes to the success of these teams—promotes and participates in multidisciplinary and interprofessional teamwork.
* Collaborates with multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings, respecting and recognising the roles of other health professionals.
* Implements quality improvement methods and repeats improvement cycles to refine practice; designs projects and evaluates their impact.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check to confirm no previous criminal convictions.
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