Consultant Psychiatrist in Cambridge Adult Locality Team

Transformationunitgm; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Cambridge is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership within the Adult Locality Team. This role involves support for mental health assessments and treatment in the community, requiring strong collaboration with primary care teams. Ideal candidates will have GMC registration and a passion for improving patient care through evidence-based practices.

Qualifications

• Expertise in mental health assessment and treatment.
• Experience in leading and supervising multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of NICE guidelines and evidence-based practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and patient care in a community mental health setting.
• Maintain Section 12(2) and Approved Clinician status.
• Collaborate with primary care and mental health services.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Mental health legislation knowledge

Education

Full GMC registration

MBBS or equivalent

MRCPsych or equivalent

Job description

Employer Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Union House Town Cambridge Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 24/07/2025

Consultant Psychiatrist in Cambridge Adult Locality Team

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

Cambridge Adult Locality Team

This post is providing consultant clinical leadership and patient care in our community mental health team in South Cambridge.

Alongside a team of substantive consultants, you will provide assessment and treatment for all patients in your area. Consultant psychiatrists work with a sector team to cover a geographical patch. They also have aligned staff from the award-winning Primary Care Mental health Service (PCMH) team who support and assess patients in primary care and step patients up into the team when needed. Consultants are expected to form close working relationships with their allocated group of GPs and to provide support and supervision to the Primary Care Mental Health team in their area as well as to provide care to patients needing specialist mental health care.

Main duties of the job

To provide Consultant input to community mental health team

To observe local and national employment directives with regard to managed medical personnel land ensure adherence to appropriate NHS and Trust policies.

Working for our organisation

CPFT is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our BAME & LGBTQ+ communities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Clinical Responsibilities

The post holder will provide clinical leadership to the team. He or she will contribute to assessment of patients referred to the service for diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders and support MDT members who carry out assessment of patients both within the teams and in primary care. They will help to facilitate accurate diagnosis and timely interventions so that treatment can be delivered in a timely manner and in accordance with the recovery model. He or she will also provide ongoing treatments to patients that are evidence based and supported by NICE guidelines maintaining a bio psychosocial approach.

The post holder is required to maintain Section 12(2) status and Approved Clinician status and have a comprehensive awareness of Mental Health, Mental Capacity and Care Act legislation. He or she will be expected to participate in Mental Health Act assessments when possible and will be the Responsible Clinician for patients on supervised community treatment orders in the locality.

The post holder is expected to be committed to a multidisciplinary approach to care and actively contribute to MDT meetings and formulation meetings and work in close collaboration with team members, care coordinators, other CPFT services and statutory agencies as required for the care of community patients. The locality consultant is expected to develop close working relationship with primary care, particularly General Practitioners, and support primary care clinicians to manage patients with mental health difficulties within the primary care setting where appropriate.

The post holder will be expected to contribute to the collection of clinical information to ensure further service development and to enable audit, participate in clinical governance activities and contribute to the day-to-day management and to the overall service development agenda through collaboration with managerial and clinical colleagues.

The Trust is developing its services in line with modernised psychiatric practice. Consultants are actively involved in planning and developing services, and there will be opportunities to engage in quality improvement and service development work that is ongoing in the Trust.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and licence to practice
• MBBS or equivalent
• Approved Clinician Status or eligible to attend training
• MRCPsych or equivalent

Entry criteria for grade

• Specialty Registration in specialty
• CCT in relevant specialty or within 6 months of attainment of Higher Training CCT at time of interview
• Shall have equivalent experience and competencies recognised by GMC

Experience

• Proven experience of good working relationships
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Experience of teaching and supervision of doctors in training.
• Publications in the field of psychiatry

Skills, Ability and Knowledge

• Knowledge of policy and legislation relating to mental health
• Ability to take a clinical lead

Qualities and Attributes

• Ability to demonstrate/develop and understanding of service within the wider context of NHS Mental Health Services and PCTs
• Experience of developing services in a constantly changing environment within tight budgetary restraints

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children’s community services in Peterborough;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.