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Salary for this role£113,565 – £150,569 a year
Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year
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Role description
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to become Director of Patient Safety and Quality Governance. Based in Worthing, the post provides strategic leadership across patient safety, quality governance, regulatory assurance, risk and organisational learning.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will lead Trust-wide arrangements for patient safety and PSIRF, quality assurance, CQC readiness, risk management, health and safety, mortality review, suicide prevention and reducing restrictive practice. They will ensure that concerns are identified and escalated promptly, learning leads to measurable improvement, and the Board receives clear and timely assurance. The role includes senior cover for the Chief Nursing Officer, leadership of three direct reports and participation in the consultant on-call rota.
About us
Sussex Partnership provides mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services to people of all ages across Sussex. We employ around 5,700 staff and deliver care across 53 sites, including 15 inpatient units, working closely with NHS, local authority and voluntary-sector partners. Our vision is"Delivering great care and improving outcomes together." We offer structured induction, CPD and study leave, peer support, mentoring for new consultants, wellbeing services and flexible-working opportunities.
Details
Date posted
26 October 2026
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569 a year
Pro rata. Responsibility allowance £25000
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
354-CO-22019
Job locations
Portland House
Worthing
BN11 1HS
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Director will develop and continuously improve the Trusts quality-governance and assurance framework, strengthen Ward-to-Board reporting and lead regulatory engagement. They will bring together intelligence from incidents, complaints, deaths, audits, inspections and patient and carer feedback to identify risk, support learning and demonstrate sustained improvement. The postholder will provide expert advice to senior leaders, chair governance forums, oversee external reviews and lead relevant strategies, policies, budgets and teams. Clinical duties will comprise up to two sessions in an agreed community or inpatient setting.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
MRCPsych
Additional clinical qualifications including qualifications in leadership
Eligibility
Essential
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Desirable
SCR 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
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Experience of medical leadership
Acedemic skills and lifelong learning
Essential
Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
Ability to work in and lead team
Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
Participated in continuous professional development
Participated in research or service evaluation.
Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
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.
Desirable
Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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.
