Closing date: 24 November 2026

Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a full time Consultant Psychiatrist to join Coral Ward, a 19-bed acute inpatient ward at Langley Green Hospital in Crawley. This is a key medical and leadership role within our inpatient multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality, person-centred care to adults experiencing acute mental health difficulties.

This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £45,000 structured over a three-year period as follows:

• £15,000 payable upon successful recruitment
• £10,000 payable at 12 months' service
• £10,000 payable at 24 months' service
• £10,000 payable at 36 months' service

The Recruitment and Retention payment is pro rata for part time employees. If you would like further information, or to know the full terms of the Recruitment and Retention Payment and/or the Relocation Allowance, then please contact our Medical HR Team via spft.medicalhr@nhs.net

What We Offer

• Relocation expenses up to £8,000 subject to role and policy requirements
• Excellent NHS pension scheme
• 30 days study leave over 3 years with annual study budget
• Opportunities for flexible working and bespoke job planning
• Access to wellbeing support, staff networks, and Balint groups
• Opportunities to engage in research, teaching, and quality improvement
• Free parking onsite

Main duties of the job
You will work with the MDT on the ward to provide excellent care to patients admitted to the ward. You will work with other acute in-patient services in Langley Green and with local community teams.

• Providing specialist psychiatric assessment and treatment to inpatients.
• Leading ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Acting as Responsible Clinician for detained patients under the Mental Health Act.
• Supervising junior medical staff and contribute to teaching and training.
• Engage in clinical governance, quality improvement, and service development.

This role can also support research, development, medical education or special interests. We strongly believe in creating roles that provide a service but also give you the opportunity to develop your own areas of special interest.

On appointment you will have the opportunity to join the Trust wide consultant network as well as having access to peer support from colleagues here in West Sussex.

About us
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Our values are to be compassionate, accountable and optimistic. The Trust has built our future focus 2025-2030 which outlines our vision, purpose, ambitions and objectives which incorporate these values and behaviours.

You will be joining a Trust rated 'Good' by the CQC and 'Outstanding' for caring, with a strong commitment to innovation, research, and continuous improvement.

At Sussex Partnership we are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.

Details
Date posted: 03 November 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 354-AN-20857-L
Job locations: Langley Green Hospital, Martyrs Avenue, Crawley, RH11 7EJ, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Desirable: Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Desirable: MRCPsych
• Desirable: Additional clinical qualifications.

Eligibility

• Essential: Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Essential: Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Essential: Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Desirable: In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Transport

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

Clinical skills, knowledge and experience

• Essential: Excellent knowledge in specialty.
• Essential: Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Essential: Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Desirable: Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

Academic skills and lifelong learning

• Essential: Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Essential: Ability to work in and lead team.
• Essential: Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Essential: Participated in continuous professional development.
• Essential: Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Essential: Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Essential: Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
• Essential: 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.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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.