Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry

NHS; Telford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Consultant Psychiatrist to join a dynamic team focused on delivering exceptional mental health care. This role emphasizes community-based assessments and interventions for individuals facing complex mental health challenges. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care while fostering a supportive environment for both patients and staff. Join a forward-thinking organization that values professional development, offers generous leave policies, and prioritizes your well-being. If you are passionate about making a difference in mental health, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support

Free car parking at all trust sites

Free flu vaccinations every year

Salary sacrifice car options

Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k

Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund

Qualifications

• Must maintain professional registration with the GMC and comply with Trust policies.
• Experience in General Adult Psychiatry at ST 4-6 level or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and support to the mental health team.
• Engage effectively with adults presenting complex mental health needs.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Compassionate Care

Evidence-Based Care

Education

Medical Degree

MRC Psych or equivalent

Speciality Training

Job description

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Are you looking for an opportunity to be part of a new service model that is working in partnership with local services to meet the needs of those presenting with complex mental health needs together?

Telford & Wrekin Community Mental Health service provide assessment and evidence based interventions for people who are presenting with complex mental health difficulties that are significantly impacting on their daily life alongside our partner organisations.

This is a permanent full-time (10 PAs) post in General Adult Psychiatry. The emphasis is to provide timely and comprehensive assessment, interventions & treatment to service users & their families/carers, whilst working within a multi-disciplinary team format.

We are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist with the interest in providing strong medical leadership as the post involves providing clinical leadership to the team as part of a collective leadership structure, which shares responsibility for ensuring that the care delivered by the service is safe and of a high quality standard.

Main duties of the job

This post enables dedicated Consultant input into one of our five Integrated Community Mental Services (CMHS) that are based across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. You will be expected to provide community care and treatment, with the facility for assessment of referred service users, flexible review of complex service users and timely discharge in liaison with General Practitioners. Service Users will present with a range of mental health difficulties and need.

The role is aligned to the Telford and Wrekin CMHS, which comprises of four PCNs. This service in total has 4.2 Adult Consultants and 2 Older Adult Consultants. The post is aligned to cover 1 of the PCNs (Wrekin PCN).

The role involves providing clinical leadership to the team as part of a collective leadership structure, and providing support and supervision as required to Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Non-Medical Prescribers. The post holder will have responsibility to supervise a trainee attached to the team, although as with any training post this is subject to trainee availability. Opportunities are also available in the Trust to participate in postgraduate and undergraduate education for Junior Doctors and medical students from Keele Medical School.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with a passion for working with adults presenting with complex mental health difficulties. The successful person will need to encourage effective engagement of this cohort of people, maintaining compassion and hope through every contact.

You will need to have the following key skills and experience:

• To have a genuine passion for working with adults presenting with complex mental health needs
• To be able to work well in a team
• To have excellent leadership qualities
• To provide evidenced based care that is recovery focused

Professional

• To comply with all Trust policies and the Living Our Values Framework.
• To maintain professional registration with the GMC and a full Licence to Practice, be engaging in appraisal, revalidation and job planning.
• To maintain Approved Clinician (AC) status
• To comply with Trust mandatory training
• To operate with transparency, including maintenance of an electronic diary

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Medical Degree
• MRC Psych or equivalent
• Eligible for inclusion on the specialist register (senior trainees must be within six months of CCT at the point of interview)
• Speciality Training

Clinical and Professional Competence

• Experience in General Adult Psychiatry at ST 4 -6 level or equivalent senior level in a variety of settings including in-patient and community
• Awareness of current guidelines for the assessment and treatment of mental disorder
• Eligibility for Approved Clinician status and knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act

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.