Specialty Doctor - DGS MHT/MHT+ - Swanley/Dartford Locality

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Job summary

A leading mental health organization in Dartford is seeking a Specialty Doctor to join their team. The role entails 10 sessions per week, offering a salary range of £61,542 to £99,216 per annum. The successful candidate will collaborate with a diverse team, focusing on excellent patient care and professional development within a supportive environment. Benefits include relocation support, annual leave, and flexible working arrangements to promote work-life balance.

Benefits

Financial support for relocation up to £8,000

Access to independent counselling service

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• At least 4 years postgraduate experience, with 2 years in core psychiatry.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice.
• Good knowledge in specialty.

Responsibilities

• Join a caseload with other clinicians in the team.
• Participate in ongoing research and professional development.
• Ensure high-quality patient care and service delivery.

Skills

Empathy

Good clinical skills

Good oral and written communication

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

MRCPsych or equivalent specialty qualification

Job description

Main area Psychiatry Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 hours plus on-call) Job ref 380-MED-26-007-PERM

Employer Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Arndale House Town Dartford Salary £61,542 - £99,216 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 25/01/2026 23:59

Specialty Doctor - DGS MHT/MHT+ - Swanley/Dartford Locality

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range ofongoing benefitsto our valued workforce. From an activehealth and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.

Would you like to work flexibly?In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

YOU’RE BRILLIANT and we want you on OUR team

It’s time for a new challenge with Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with tremendous quality of life. Within Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust we have a network of approximately 150 members of medical staff, not including our range of foundation doctors, GP trainees, core trainees and higher trainees.

There are exciting times ahead with the Kent and Medway Medical School now open, a collaboration between Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent with Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust as one of the NHS partners, inspiring the next generation of medical professionals.

We are also at the forefront of partnership working - an integral part of the Integrated Care System - looking at sustainable health and social care and ensuring the individual is at the centre of everything.

Indulge your passion for research with our internationally known and enthusiastic team, who are involved in a whole host of national and home-grown studies that have the potential to shape future healthcare. You will be very welcome.

Main duties of the job

This is a 10 PA per working week post within the Dartford/Swanley locality.

The post holder will have a joint caseload with other clinicians in the team. They will be expected to work with other clinicians in keeping with the trust Lone Working Policy.

Please note that all interviews will be conducted via video link using Microsoft Teams.

Please note that you will be required to submit an application form for each post you are interested in applying for.

Working for our organisation

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 Mental Health NHS Trust, providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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:

• Financial support for relocation of up to £8,000
• Easy access to inhouse research team and academic opportunity through Kent’s own Medical school
• Generous annual leave and study leave entitlement and access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme
• Holiday of a Lifetime Scheme – Bank your annual leave to save up for that all important extended break
• Flexible working - just ask and we will try to help
• Excellent Learning and Development opportunities - We offer doctors at all grades the chance to engage in leadership, educational, research, quality improvement development and seek growth opportunities tailored to their areas of interest
• Free access to an independent counselling service
• Blue Light Card - A discount service for the NHS, with thousands of amazing discounts
• Car lease scheme
• A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.

*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: [emailprotected]

Person specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCPsych OR a specialist qualification from an EU country that complies with EU directive 2005/36/EU.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice.
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 6 months of appointment

Transport

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

Clinical skills, knowledge and experience

• At least 4 years postgraduate experience, including at least 2 years in core psychiatry training programme
• Good knowledge in specialty
• Good clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Good oral and written communication skills in English
• Postgraduate experience in specialty

Academic skills

• Participated in continuous professional development
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
• Has actively participated in clinical audit
• Able to deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
• Participated in research or service evaluation

Personal

• Shows empathy and sensitivity
• Copes under pressure.
• Works co-operatively in a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of annual appraisal and commitment to appraisal and revalidation
• Manages own time, workload and prioritises work
• Able to use electronic records and use IT for email, internet and office software

Leadership

• Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback
• Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment
• Able to deputise for consultant psychiatrist
• Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust.

In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.

To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.

Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter

The trust takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackleany unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Dr Sheeba Hakeem Job title Head of Psychiatry - North Kent Directorate Email address [emailprotected] Telephone number 01322 622 207