Consultant in General Adult Inpatient Psychiatry (PICU)

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in London is seeking a permanent full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to lead clinical care in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit for female patients. Candidates must have a Primary Medical Degree and be registered with the GMC. The role includes supervising staff and participating in quality improvement projects, offering a salary range of £109,725 to £145,478 annually.

Qualifications

• Experience in acute psychiatric settings.
• Full GMC registration is essential.
• Experience with Mental Health Act in practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and high-quality care.
• Conduct teaching and supervision of medical staff.
• Participate in service evaluation and improvement projects.

Skills

Assessment of mental disorders

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Risk assessment

Teaching and supervision

Education

Primary Medical Degree

Inclusion on the Specialist Register

Job description

CNWL are now looking for a permanent full-time Consultant Psychiatrist within a 12-bedded Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit dedicated to the treatment of female patients experiencing the most acute phase of their mental illness.

This post is a full time, 10 sessions per week, replacement post on Shannon Ward, at St Charles Hospital Mental Health Unit within the Kensington & Chelsea borough.

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical leadership to ensure the delivery of high quality inpatient care

Supervision, teaching and training of resident doctors, medical students, specialist nurses, other nurses and other MDT staff.

To participate actively in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Care Quality, and service evaluation projects.

About us

Kensington and Chelsea is an inner London area with a mixed, diverse population with some of the most wealthy and most deprived areas of London. There is a high mental health morbidity and the local CCG is committed to a high spend on mental health services.

Kensington and Chelsea (K+C) adult mental health service provides a range of mental health services for adults across the age range within the community and in hospital settings. These are integrated health and social care services. These are based at:

• St Charles Hospital with 8 inpatient wards; two adult PICUs, 4 adult acute wards and two Older Adult wards
• Community Mental Health Hubs (CMHH) - north and south community team bases for adult MH services including Psychology and Psychotherapy services
• South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre, next to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with the liaison service, health psychology, therapies team, memory service, older and younger adult psychiatric liaison services
• Early Intervention Service
• Home Treatment Team (HTT)
• Mental Health Act Team (AMHP Team)
• Psychology and Psychotherapy Services including Clinical Psychologists embedded in the CMHHs and inpatient unit, Arts Psychotherapy, and other specialist family and individual psychotherapies
• RE-FOCUS Team (community forensic service) at Hathaway House

Details

Date posted: 03 October 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year (plus £2,162 London weighting per annum pro rata)

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 333-J-KC-C-0023

Job locations: St Charles Hospital, Exmoor Street, London, W10 6DZ

Job responsibilities

The post holder will have principal duties to provide clinical care to patients admitted to Shannon Ward. They will be supported by the MDT team that include a Middle Grade doctor, two Trust Grade doctors (core level equivalent), Occupational Therapist, activity coordinator as well as pharmacist and psychologist.

The post holder will provide joint leadership with the ward manager, for the performance culture of the ward, ensuring best practice is employed across the ward, and that the Trusts quality and productivity targets are met.

The post holder will adopt a pragmatic leadership style as a way of promoting this type of ward environment, thus ensuring collaborative working both at a clinical and an operational level.

The post holder will be expected to participate in Quality Improvement and service evaluation projects and will be encouraged to undertake any research which may be relevant to either short or long-term service improvement.

Together with the Matron and ward manager the post holder will provide overall clinical leadership for the Ward Multidisciplinary team as well as direct clinical assessments and consultations for the Team, including the following: Medical input, consultation and clinical leadership to the ward, and overall clinical responsibility for patients admitted to the unit. Medical input and leadership in care planning and risk assessment for patients subject to the care planning (CPA) process. Responsible Clinician with responsibilities of attendance at and report-writing for Mental Health Tribunals and Managers hearings. Regular clinical liaison with the Acute wards, Community Consultants in the forensic services & Community Mental Health Teams and the Home Treatment Team to ensure timely progress towards discharge of patients.

Teaching Commitments

An active role in the postgraduate teaching programme, which consists of a local academic meeting on Wednesday lunchtime. This meeting includes a Journal Club and case presentations.

Teaching of medical students who regularly attend ward rounds as part of their psychiatric experience. Support is also given to work experience students when applicable.

Supervision of the resident doctors allocated to the team. This must meet Royal College of Psychiatrists standards of clinical and educational supervision.

Person Specification

Educational and professional qualifications

Essential:

• Primary Medical Degree
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
• Section 12 MHA Approved
• AC approval
• Full GMC Registration

Desirable:

• MRCPsych (or equivalent)
• Higher degree (MSc, LLM, MD or PhD)
• Management and leadership training.
• Management qualification and/or extensive knowledge and expertise acquired through training and experience up to doctoral level.

General knowledge/experience & core skills

Essential:

• Experience of assessment and treatment of mental disorders in an acute psychiatric setting/PICU
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams
• Proficient in risk assessment and management.
• Experience of use of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act in an inpatient psychiatric setting
• Evidence of completed clinical audit projects
• Evidence of undergraduate and postgraduate trainee teaching

Desirable:

• Experience of working on a forensic psychiatric setting
• Experience of service development/business planning
• Completed research projects
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals
• High level knowledge of planned developments at a national level to improve efficiency and deliver quality services
• Experience of teaching non-medical staff/carers

Other attributes

Essential:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Sound organisational skills

Desirable:

• Evidence of evidence based medicine training, teaching and implementation
• Training and experience of relevant therapies
• Demonstration of ability to innovative practice and service improvement

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.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.