Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Mental Health Hub

NHS; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Consultant Psychiatrist in a Community Mental Health Hub in Milton Keynes. You will provide comprehensive secondary mental health support, engage actively with families, and contribute significantly to the development of an educational environment while enjoying a generous benefits package, including a relocation allowance.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Dedicated study leaves

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

Exclusive staff discounts

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months.
• Experience of using quality improvement methodology.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior clinical advice and support to the daily triage.
• Ensure all referrals are triaged daily.
• Assess new patients and provide clinical supervision.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Leadership skills

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Qualification or higher degree in medical education

Job description

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Mental Health Hub

The closing date is 29 June 2025

Our doctors say that Milton Keynes Mental Health service are "good at adapting to new ways of working.

We're looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our dedicated medical team at the Community Mental Health Hub. Our focus is on providing patients who need comprehensive secondary mental health support and care. The Hub caters for service users with all diagnostic categories and is a needs-led service.

Within the Hub we are using Dialog+ to plan care and as part of our Think Family approach are actively engaged with families and carers. In line with the parity of esteem model the Hub supports the physical health management of patients with dedicated nurses for this purpose.

This is an exciting time to join Milton Keynes Mental Health, as we continue to grow and invest in our teaching and training programmes. Our department supports a thriving educational environment with Core and Senior Psychiatry trainees, alongside a strong presence of GP trainees, Foundation doctors, and undergraduate medical students.

This post isapproved by The Royal College of Psychiatrists. This post offers a relocation package of up to £8,000 for eligible candidates. You'll also benefit from a generous annual leave allowance, dedicated study leaves, access to the NHS Pension Scheme, and a wide range of exclusive staff discounts -- including savings on the purchase and lease of new cars.

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Main duties of the job

• Provide senior clinical advice and support to the daily triage, MDT and other regular clinical team meetings.
• Ensure all referrals are triaged daily and responded to in a timely way.
• Assess new patients and provide clinical supervision of assessments carried out by other team members.
• Review complex needs patients to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place.
• Actively link and develop a relationship with the Primary Care Network(s) to respond to their developing needs and support the move towards more integrated care.
• Leadership role in the quality agenda: identifying areas for improvement and active engagement with QI.
• To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with Consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.

About us

About us

CNWL is a nationally leading NHS Foundation Trust providing Mental Health, Community Health and Child Health Services across London and the South East of England.

In Milton Keynes, CNWL are responsible for the provision of mental health services for children and young people, adults and older adults. We jointly run the learning disability services with the local authority.

Over the last few years our catchment area has grown significantly, making the Trust's population more diverse than ever. The area spans the communities of London, Milton Keynes and wider geographical areas of Buckinghamshire, Surry, Kent and Hampshire. There are areas of great affluence as well as deprivation, and there are over 100 first-languages spoken in these communities.

The Trust is organised in to three Divisions: Jameson, Goodall and Diggory. Diggory Division is responsible for the delivery of Mental Health, Addictions and Community services in Milton Keynes, as well as Addictions services, Sexual Health/HIV and Health and Justice services in London and Surrey.

Job responsibilities

• Provide senior clinical advice and support to the daily triage, MDT and other regular clinical team meetings.
• Ensure all referrals are triaged daily and responded to in a timely way.
• Assess new patients and provide clinical supervision of assessments carried out by other team members.
• Review complex needs patients to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place.
• Actively link and develop a relationship with the Primary Care Network(s) to respond to their developing needs and support the move towards more integrated care.
• Leadership role in the quality agenda: identifying areas for improvement and active engagement with QI.
• To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with Consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.

ELIGIBILITY

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status
• Approved under S12
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

TRANSPORT

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using biopsycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Excellent leadership and multi-disciplinary working skills
• Experience of using quality improvement methodology and service development
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable servic

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit.
• Supervisory and management experience.
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change

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.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Full-time,Flexible working,Compressed hours