Unleash Your Expertise in Liaison Psychiatry: This is your chance to make a real difference to the lives of others, while propelling your career to new heights.
As a Consultant Psychiatrist in Liaison Psychiatry based at Pembury Hospital in Kent, you will be responsible for delivering a high-quality clinical service and actively involved in the strategic development of the team and broader services.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital trust providing a full range of general hospital services to around 500,000 people living in the South of West Kent and parts of North East Sussex. The Liaison Psychiatry Service provides a single point of contact for the mental health needs of patients attending the Emergency Department or admitted to the general hospital.
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our mission is what we set out to do every day: We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people.
Our vision is where we want to be in the future: To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
*Please note, this job description is currently pending approval from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.*
For detailed information regarding the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. The job description will provide you with the main duties and responsibilities of the role. The person specifications will detail the qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience required for the role.
Part time or job-share applications are welcome.
Here are just some of our Benefits:
*If you would like further information, or to know the full terms of the Recruitment Bonus and/or Relocation Allowance, then please contact our Medical Staffing Team: kmpt.medical-recruitment@nhs.net.
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust.
Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Tonbridge Rd
Tunbridge Wells
TN2 4QJ
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380-MED-25-014-PERM-A
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