Consultant Psychiatrist - Central Bristol Crisis Service

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent mental health service provider in Bristol is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join their Central Intensive Team. This pivotal role involves providing clinical leadership, emergency assessments, and developing community support plans. With a strong focus on improving mental health services, the Trust offers flexible working conditions and a competitive benefits package, ideal for professionals dedicated to compassionate care.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Competitive benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience in providing clinical evaluation for mental health.
• Ability to lead and supervise a medical team.
• Competence in emergency intervention and support planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical advice and leadership for the Central Intensive Team.
• Deliver direct interventions for service users including emergency assessments.
• Liaise with emergency services and community teams.

Skills

Mental health services improvement

Clinical leadership

Emergency assessment

Collaborative work

Education

Medical Degree

Specialization in Psychiatry

Job description

About the Role

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist who is passionate about improving mental health services? Do you want to work for a Trust whose priority is to provide high quality compassionate care? The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join the Central Bristol Intensive ( crisis ) Team.

This is a newly created post. The consultant will provide clinical advice and leadership for Central Intensive Team and will work collaboratively with another part‑time consultant. The Consultant will deliver direct interventions, including emergency assessment, to service users at a level of intensity according to need, including those service users who require an assertive approach. This will include on‑going assessment, diagnoses (including review and clarification) and treatment of mental and physical health needs.

Provide visible and clear leadership at team level.

Supervision for the medical team and non‑medical prescribers.

The Consultant will take medical responsibility for the patients on the team's caseload and should participate in gate keeping and attendance at MHA assessments.

The consultant, should they choose to accept additional PAs to cover the Place of Safety, is expected to see up to two patients admitted under S 136 / day and to participate in their assessments alongside the on‑call consultant.

We have an on‑call rota that covers daytime assessments at the Place of Safety so the post holder would act as a second doctor.

The consultant is expected to liaise with the emergency services and our community teams in order to help them devise community support plans for patients who are frequently detained under S 136.

Benefits & Working Conditions

The Trust supports flexible working.

Bristol is known for big city life with easy access to beautiful countryside and beaches. It is well connected with an international airport only 30 minutes from the centre. Trains to London take just over 90 minutes.

Bristol has a range of neighbourhoods that suit diverse tastes and lifestyles, combining urban living with beautiful surroundings. It is ideal for families, with a number of great schools and the university is one of the most respected in the country. We offer one of the most competitive and flexible benefits packages.

About the Trust

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community‑based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person‑centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Please note that Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is not currently a sponsor under the GMC Sponsorship Scheme.