Consultant Psychiatrist - Adults (East Core Team)

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health service provider in Birmingham is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for their Core Adult Team. The role involves providing leadership and psychiatric assessments for children and adolescents facing complex mental health challenges. Ideal candidates will possess specialist qualifications and a commitment to quality improvement. Contributing to a diverse and compassionate team, you will play a vital role in enhancing mental health services for the community.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in providing psychiatric treatment in complex cases.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with children's and young people's mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership and psychiatric assessments.
• Supervise Senior Mental Health Practitioners and resident doctors.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Medical leadership

Psychiatric assessment

Team collaboration

Quality improvement

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Specialist psychiatric qualifications

Job description

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Core Adult Team based at Washwood Heath Centre Hub for our East community mental health team.

You will have a central role within an MDT context in providing medical leadership, delivering psychiatric assessment and treatment for a caseload of children, adolescents and their families with variable degree of complexity associated with attachment difficulties, mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions, as well as contribute to providing psychiatric & medical risk management in the community.

On a day-to-day basis, as Consultant psychiatrist, you will be part of the Children\'s and Young People Mental Health Service. You will have a close working relationship on clinical matters with multidisciplinary teams and provide important liaison with other doctors in primary and secondary care.

You will offer specialist consultation and peer supervision to Senior Mental Health Practitioners within the clinical team including the supervision of resident doctors.

The successful candidate will be considered for Quality Improvement Lead status for the Washwood Heath hub and shall be supported by the Service and Clinical Team Managers, as well as other Washwood Heath hub leads, in promoting and overseeing quality improvement activities within the MDT.

Overall, you will:

• Present yourselves consistently in line with Trust’s values and promote these on daily basis.
• Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
• Use your initiative and take responsibility for yourself, the quality of your work and the service your provide to patients.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Please see all job responsibilities in the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy.

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025