Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry North Shropshire CMHS

NHS; Oswestry; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry for their North Shropshire Community Mental Health Service. This role provides clinical leadership, patient care, and the opportunity to engage in teaching and research. The Trust offers generous benefits, including flexible working options and extensive health and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing support

Lease car and salary sacrifice options

Free flu vaccinations

Citizens Advice support

Qualifications

• Experience at ST 4-6 level or equivalent senior level.
• Evidence of 360-degree appraisal involvement.

Responsibilities

• Responsible Clinician for service users on Community Treatment Order.
• Ensure effective patient reviews with multidisciplinary team.
• Provide evidence-based care and cross-cover for colleagues.

Skills

Effective communication

IT skills

Experience in General Adult Psychiatry

Awareness of LEAN methodology

Education

Medical Degree

MRC Psych or equivalent

Speciality Training

Job description

Go back Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry North Shropshire CMHS

The closing date is 23 June 2025

Our North Shropshire Community Mental Health Service is welcoming applications to their post of Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry.

This post enables dedicated Consultant input into community care and treatment within the pathway, with the facility for rapid assessment of referred patients, flexible review of complex patients and timely discharge in liaison with General Practitioners. Service users will present with a range of mental health difficulties and need.

There is no CPA (Care Programme Approach) anymore and the NHS has moved to a Keyworker role. A Consultant may be a keyworker, where there is a service user who has no need to involve any other professional from the multi-disciplinary team, this may be required. All cases are discussed in MDT which is a core function of CMHS working

The role also involves providing clinical leadership and support to the team, and providing support and supervision as required to the Advanced Nurse Practitioner 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.

Main duties of the job

Clinical duties of the post

• To be the Responsible Clinician for service users in the pathway who are subject to Community Treatment Order (CTO) where applicable
• To ensure, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, regular effective review of the care of patients in the clinical pathway - via individual assessments and follow up appointments, MDT meetings
• To provide evidence-based care
• To be recovery focused
• To provide cross-cover (emergency and prospective) for other Consultant Psychiatrist colleagues by mutual agreement
• To communicate with all key partners in an appropriate and timely way including service users, carers and General Practitioners.
• To work within the requirements of service contracts including compliance with nationally agreed quality standards
• To fully utilise Trust IT systems as appropriate to enable fulfilment of clinical duties; including launch of the electronic prescribing system
• The post-holder will take part in out of hours duties; on call work is remunerated at 3% as well as 0.25 APAs.

For further information please refer to the attached job description and job specification

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.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Job responsibilities

Why Chose MPFT

Keele University MPFT is linked with Keele medical college. We receive at least 40 students across the Care Group. They have monthly block placements across 20 undergraduate tutors. There is scope to involve in timetable teaching during their placements at MPFT.

Research - The MPFT Research and Innovation (R&I) department oversees research projects and promotes and encourages a research culture within the Trust. It is comprised of several portfolios: Academic research, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) delivery, partnerships, research governance, service evaluation, innovation, patient and public involvement and engagement and sponsorship. The Research & Innovation Department have collaborated with colleagues at Keele University and University of Worcester to develop a learning and development programme(STARS), focused around research skills. MPFT promotes research culture at work to help you have an active research portfolio.

Leadership- The Care Group has three medical leads across adult, old age and CAMHS. In recent years we have few planned retirements from senior consultants who have held various portfolios. We expect new consultant to actively involve in these leadership roles.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Medical Degree
• MRC Psych or equivalent
• 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
• An awareness of LEAN methodology
• Experience of working closely with GPs and developing constructive positive relationships

Communication Skills

• Effective communicator verbally and in writing
• IT skills including using the internet and powerpoint
• evidence of involvement 360 degree appraisal

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.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust