Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry Southampton CRHTT

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Southampton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry to join their Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team in Southampton. This permanent position offers flexibility for part-time work and involves overseeing complex cases, providing medical leadership, and ensuring patient-centered care. The trust values compassion and excellence, and the role includes responsibilities in governance, teaching, and service planning. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in crisis care.

Benefits

Study leave

Occupational health support

Mentoring

Wellbeing programmes

Qualifications

• Must have full registration with the General Medical Council.
• Experience in general adult psychiatry is essential.
• Understanding of clinical governance principles required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee complex cases and provide medical leadership.
• Ensure high standards of evidence-based care.
• Participate in service planning and clinical governance.

Skills

Clinical governance

Leadership

Patient-centered care

Audit experience

Education

Full Registration with the General Medical Council

MRC Psych or recognized equivalent

CCT in general adult psychiatry

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry Southampton CRHTT

The closing date is 27 December 2025

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry to join the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) based at Tatchbury Mount, Southampton. This permanent post offers 10 programmed activities per week (7.5 Direct Clinical Care, 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities), with flexibility for applicants wishing to work less than full-time. The CRHTT provides a 24/7 service, supporting adults in crisis at home, gatekeeping admissions to acute wards, and working closely with inpatient, community, liaison, and partner services. The consultant will oversee complex cases, provide medical leadership, supervise junior staff, and ensure high standards of evidence-based, patient-centred care. Responsibilities include clinical governance, teaching, CPD, appraisal, and participation in service planning. The role involves collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, local GPs, CAMHS, substance misuse, and learning disability services, with opportunities to contribute to research and education. On-call commitment is approximately 1:25, with contractual benefits including study leave, occupational health support, mentoring, and wellbeing programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to shape acute and crisis care within a newly established Trust committed to compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence.

Main duties of the job

To undertake timely administrative duties associated with the care of patients.

To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively.

To participate in service and business planning activity for the service.

To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.

To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.

To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) and Approved Clinician (AC) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.

To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation.

To work with local managers and professional colleagues.

To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the Medical Director and in accordance with the Trust's personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.

To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for service.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.

The transformation will happen in stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full Registration with the General Medical Council
• MRC Psych 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.

Experience

• Prior experience of general adult psychiatry
• Prior experience of working with
• detained/Mental Health inpatients as
• senior trainee or consultant.
• Prior experience in please add in any other essential clinical requirements.
• Experience of audit and an understanding of the principles of clinical governance.

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