Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry - CMHT - IOW

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry to lead mental health services. This role includes providing oversight for various treatment services and managing complex cases. The ideal candidate will have relevant medical qualifications and a commitment to quality patient care. Attractive compensation package available, including a £30,000 Golden Hello payment over two years.

Benefits

£30,000 Golden Hello payment

Qualifications

• Full Registration with the General Medical Council.
• MRCPsych or recognised equivalent.
• Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 12 months of CCT at time of interview. CCT in general adult psychiatry.
• Approved under section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant leadership and oversight in various mental health services.
• Ensure evidence-based practice and user-centered recovery principles.
• Manage complex information and communication effectively.
• Engage appropriately with patients and carers.

Job description

Overview

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry - CMHT - IOW. The closing date is 30 September 2025.

This post offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious psychiatrist to support a unique NHS trust going through transition and maintaining safe and effective services during this period. Post-holders will be expected to take on an active role providing consultant leadership and oversight that could include inpatient care, recovery service, early intervention in psychosis service, crisis resolution and home treatment as well as adult (ageless) community mental health services.

Main duties of the job

Consultants will use their skills and expertise to achieve the best care for service users, with a focus on providing supervision and oversight of the team and the assessment and management of complexity and severity. This includes:

• Ensuring evidence-based practice and service user-centred recovery principles to assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate all interventions provided by the MDT to promote recovery and independence.
• Focusing on the management of service users presenting with the greatest complexity and severity will necessitate the consultant working with a small case load in order to be able to respond in a flexible and timely way to the needs of the most unwell and/or most urgent.
• Managing complex information, make formulations using a biopsychosocial model.
• Ensuring appropriate and effective engagement with carers and ward teams.
• Management of risk and weighing complex risk information to deliver care that is in the best interests of the recovery of the individual. Supporting the MDT in this by clear communication, containing anxiety, and maintaining hope for the patient.
• Ensuring the service works in line with care planning, risk management and safeguarding policies.
• Maintaining a focus on outcomes, both in terms of clinical outcomes and patient experience.
• Providing education, supervision and oversight over the caseload with consultant MDT/triage meetings.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 12,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust's community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

This role will be eligible for a Golden Hello payment which consists of £30,000 made in 4 payments over a 2-year period.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full Registration with the General Medical Council
• MRCPsych or recognised equivalent
• Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 12 months of CCT at time of interview. CCT in general adult psychiatry.
• Approved under section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983.

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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust