Consultant Psychiatrist

Integrated Care System; Belfast; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent mental health charity is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to provide leadership and psychiatric expertise for veterans in the Belfast Hub. This part-time, hybrid role focuses on assessment, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations, supporting a multidisciplinary team to improve veteran care while ensuring a service that encompasses both community and residential support.

Benefits

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Cycle to work

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working

Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• Experience with veterans' mental health and military environment.
• Ongoing CPD/PDP, clinical governance participation.
• Audit, research, and publication experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in psychiatry within outpatient services.
• Assess and diagnose veterans, contributing to treatment recommendations.
• Advise on clinical matters and develop interdisciplinary team working.

Skills

Clinical management of psychological trauma

Leadership

Cultural awareness

Education

Registered Medical Practitioner with GMC

MRCPsych or FRCPsych or equivalent

Postgraduate degrees in Psychological Trauma

Completed higher training

Approved under NI Mental Health Act legislation

Training in management of personality disorders

Job description

The post holder will work in the Northern Ireland hub providing psychiatric leadership across the service.

You will provide senior clinical and psychiatric expertise to the multidisciplinary team, contributing to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations for veterans on both residential and outpatient basis.

This role will be subject to an Access NI check.

Main duties of the job

General Overview of Role

• Provide leadership in psychiatry within outpatient services in the Hub region and support the wider charity.
• Assess, diagnose, and recommend treatment for veterans, providing psychiatric expertise.
• Be clinically responsible, alongside the senior psychologist and other professionals, for managing veterans' care within the Hub.
• Advise the Head of Operations/Deputy on clinical matters, provide psychiatric leadership, and develop interdisciplinary team working to meet clinical needs.
• Support service development through psychiatric and medical advice.

About us

About us:

Combat Stress is the UK's leading mental health charity for veterans, helping with PTSD, anxiety, and depression. We offer community, outpatient, and residential services, both in-person and online.

Job responsibilities

Status: Permanent

Salary: Combat Stress Consultant Psychiatrist salary scale

Hours: Part-time, 18.75 hours/week, hybrid working. Must work Tuesdays at the Belfast Hub.

Location: Belfast Hub, Northern Ireland, with occasional remote support to England hubs.

What we offer

We offer a range of benefits including annual leave, pension scheme, cycle to work, Employee Assistance Programme, flexible working, Blue Light Card, and others.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Medical Practitioner with GMC
• Member of recognized Defence Society
• MRCPsych or FRCPsych or equivalent
• Completed higher training
• On CCST register in General Adult Psychiatry / Forensic Psychiatry
• Approved under NI Mental Health Act legislation
• Postgraduate degrees in Psychological Trauma
• Training in management of personality disorders, psychotherapy including CBT, EMDR, group therapy
• Experience with veterans' mental health and military environment

Experience

• Clinical management of psychological trauma victims
• Ongoing CPD/PDP, clinical governance participation, risk management
• Leadership, audit, research, and publication experience
• Working within a recovery focus, interdisciplinary leadership, cultural awareness

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.