Consultant Adult Mental Health for CRHT & Care Group Medical Director

Integrated Care System; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for Adult Mental Health. The role involves providing medical leadership and managing a multidisciplinary team to ensure quality care. Candidates should have GMC registration and experience in General Adult Psychiatry. This full-time position offers a chance to lead initiatives in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in psychiatric practice across various settings is required.
• Understanding of clinical governance principles is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership and clinical supervision.
• Ensure exceptional safe care and manage the medical workforce.
• Contribute to the strategic direction for safe, high-quality services.

Skills

Clinical supervision experience

Ability to manage complex situations

Ability to lead and motivate others

Experience in General Adult Psychiatry

Education

Full registration with the GMC

Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for Adult Psychiatry

Job description

Go back Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

Consultant Adult Mental Health for CRHT & Care Group Medical Director

The closing date is 25 August 2025

This is a whole time (10 PA) Consultant Psychiatrist post in the Adult Mental Health Service's Acute Directorate, with on call duties. The postholder will provide Consultant input to the Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team (CRHT) and hold the position of Care Group Medical Director, providing medical leadership.

The CRHT Service receives urgent referrals from GPs, as well as referrals from other professionals, patients, and carers (with patient consent). A crisis response is maintained 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Home Treatment Team operates between 8am & 8pm, 7 days a week. Although not fully integrated, the Team works closely with the Local Authority and Third Sector partners, ensuring the social care needs of people with mental disorders are met.

Other than a dedicated social worker, the Home Treatment Team operates a full MDT approach with medical, nursing, STR, psychology and occupational therapy input. The postholder will provide senior clinical supervision and assessment, and telephone/email advice, as required, to Primary Care physicians for the management of patients with mental health problems in urgent or emergency situations.

During 2025/26 the Acute Directorate will be undergoing a number of environmental and working model changes, which include the creation of a virtual ward model for Older Adults and a Crisis Assessment & Treatment Service. This post will be fundamental to designing, embedding, and delivering services in a different way.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be a collaborative, inclusive, compassionate leader whose values/behaviours inspire understanding, trust, inclusion, and reduce inequalities. They will, in conjunction with the Care Group Nurse Director, contribute to creating a positive safety culture and environment for individual staff, teams, service users, families, and carers to flourish; ensuring exceptional safe care is provided by: - continuous learning/improvement of safety risks - supportive, psychologically safe teamwork- enabling/empowering speaking up by allThe postholder will lead and manage the Care Group's medical workforce and (if not already) become a Medical Appraiser within the first year in post. They will work in collaboration with other Clinical Directors and the Care Group's Senior Leadership Team to support the delivery of a robust, quality Governance Framework, ensuring effective, safe, and high-quality care is provided to service users, their families/carers.The postholder will contribute to the strategic direction for safe, high-quality services, and develop and deliver key actions in the Trust's Strategy/other relevant clinical plans.The postholder is accountable to the Trust's Deputy Medical Director for the leadership/management of safe medical staffing and caseload oversight, escalating concerns and offering solutions where possible. They will line manage the Care Group's:- Lead Medics- Consultant Psychiatrists- Middle Grade Doctors- Locum Doctors

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for Adult Psychiatry or a trainee within six months of completing their CCT

Experience

• Previous experience within General Adult Psychiatry
• Experience of psychiatric practice in a range of settings
• Experience of audit and an understanding of the principles of clinical governance

Skills

• Clinical supervision experience/skills
• Approved or eligible for approval under Section 12(2) of MHA 1983 and eligible for approval as AC.
• Demonstrates an ability to manage complex situations.
• Ability to work within and meet clear performance targets and indicators
• Ability to lead, motivate, and empower others to achieve objectives and aspirations

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.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT