Specialty Doctor - Langley Green Hospital
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Date posted: 03 August 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Specialty Doctor
Salary: £63,696 to £102,689 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 354-AN-21020
Location: Langley Green Hospital, Crawley, RH11 7EJ

Job summary
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated substantive Specialty Doctor to join Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust at our Adult Inpatient Mental Health Wards, Coral Ward and Amber Ward (PICU) located in Langley Green Hospital, Crawley, West Sussex.

Our adult mental health wards are 19 (Coral) and 12 (Amber) bed mixed inpatient facilities for working-age adults experiencing mental health crises and requiring acute hospital admission. Both wards have a full-time substantive consultant, as well as clinical fellows.

The wards operate with a well-established multidisciplinary team (MDT), including an Occupational Therapist, Activity Workers, Clinical Psychologist, nursing staff, and experienced Ward managers.

The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, energetic, and committed to delivering high-quality care to patients with acute and chronic psychiatric conditions. They will ensure that assessments and interventions are provided in a sensitive, accessible, and culturally appropriate manner. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with consultants and senior Managers to contribute to local service development.

Psychiatrists are integral for driving change and influencing service development. As a Trust we welcome positive transformation and using each other's experiences to shape this. The Trust has ambitious aims to continuously improve for the good of our patients and we welcome clinical and non-clinical views in order to achieve this together.

Main duties of the job
The position requires full GMC registration, and we are looking for candidates with at least 2 years' experience in psychiatry to work across 2 acute psychiatric wards for inpatients.

Applicants should have experience of team working, good organisation skills and be able to work on their own initiative. Effective communication and empathic skills are essential.

Please refer to JD for more detailed information.

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. Our strategy can be viewed on our website.

What We Offer

• 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 peer groups.
• Opportunities to engage in research, teaching, and quality improvement.
• Free parking onsite

Job responsibilities
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.

We'd love to hear from you! For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please see our contact details below.

Contact: Lead Psychiatrist A&UC North West Sussex, Dr Andrea Meredith, andrea.meredith2@nhs.net

Person Specification
Eligibility
Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.

Desirable

• 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
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• 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

Qualifications
Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical Qualification
• 4 years at full-time postgraduate training or higher or equivalent experience with at least 2 years in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych

Additional information
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.

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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.