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Speciality Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry
Job Description
Specialty Doctor – Acute Inpatient Psychiatry
Elmleigh Hospital, Havant, Hampshire
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: £61,542 – £99,216 per year (depending on experience)
Reference: 348-MED-SAC-10315
Join our supportive and forward-thinking acute inpatient team at Elmleigh Hospital, located in Havant. You’ll work on either Ruby Ward (female, 16 beds) or Sapphire Ward (male, 17 beds), providing specialist care to adults during acute episodes of functional mental health conditions. This includes depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and personality disorders.
As part of a close-knit team, you’ll collaborate daily with two consultants, middle-grade and resident doctors, and a dedicated multidisciplinary group (nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, and more). Your day-to-day responsibilities will involve conducting thorough clinical reviews, contributing to and sometimes leading multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings, chairing Care Programme Approach (CPA) reviews, preparing reports for Mental Health Tribunals, and delivering safe, evidence-based treatment and management plans.
The job plan includes 8 Programmed Activities (PAs) of direct patient care and 2 PAs for supporting professional activities. These SPA sessions support your continuing professional development (CPD), clinical audit, peer supervision groups, teaching, quality improvement projects, and contributions to service development.
We actively encourage involvement in clinical governance, teaching junior colleagues, and quality improvement initiatives. There are excellent opportunities to pursue supervision training, engage in research, work towards Section 12(2) approval under the Mental Health Act (with Trust support), and progress towards CESR if that aligns with your career goals. The Trust is strongly committed to your ongoing learning, wellbeing, equality, inclusion, and long-term career progression.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements
- Carry out prompt and accurate administrative tasks linked to patient care, including precise recording of clinical activity.
- Participate fully in the Trust’s annual appraisal process and internal CPD/academic programme.
- Maintain full registration with the General Medical Council (with a licence to practise) and uphold professional standards at all times.
- Work towards Section 12(2) approval under the Mental Health Act where appropriate.
- Engage in annual job plan reviews with clinical and operational managers to adapt to service changes and modernisation.
- Support junior doctors to comply with the New Deal, Working Time Directive, and safe working practices.
- Adhere to Trust policies, procedures, and financial regulations, contributing to efficient service delivery.
- Lead or contribute to CPAs, professionals’ meetings, tribunal reports/hearings, MDTs, and the creation/implementation of evidence-based guidelines, protocols, and quality improvements.
About Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
We are a newly formed Trust that brings together mental health, learning disability, community health, and some physical health services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. With more than 13,000 committed staff operating from over 300 sites, we focus on delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care that truly meets the needs of our diverse communities.
Our recent integration combines strengths from Southern Health, Solent, Isle of Wight NHS, and Hampshire CAMHS services (previously part of Sussex Partnership). This creates a more joined-up system, helping us provide the right care, in the right place, at the right time—ultimately improving outcomes and driving innovation.
We live by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. We offer strong leadership, robust administrative support, a genuine focus on staff wellbeing, and real opportunities for professional growth and collaborative working.
We warmly welcome applications from doctors requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship. For more information on UK visa requirements, please visit the official GOV.UK pages:
Applicants must hold current UK professional registration. For GMC registration details, see:
GMC – Registration and licensing
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
We are committed to inclusive recruitment. If you have concerns about any aspect of the person specification unintentionally creating barriers (related to protected characteristics), please contact our Recruitment team in the first instance—we will do everything possible to address this.
Flexible working requests are actively encouraged and can be explored during the interview process.
For further details about the Trust, the role, full job description, and person specification, please refer to the attached documents.
Essential Qualifications and Experience
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
- Primary medical qualification acceptable to the GMC
- Minimum 2 years’ knowledge, skills, and experience in General Adult Psychiatry
Contact for Informal Enquiries or Application Support
Stephanie Markham
- Email: stephanie.markham@nhs.net
- Telephone: 07920 165724
We look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to our team as we shape the future of mental health care across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight!
