Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health care is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join their dedicated team. This role involves providing high-level care for patients with complex mental health needs, attending multi-disciplinary meetings, and developing crisis plans. The organization is recognized for its commitment to staff wellbeing and offers a supportive environment for professional growth. If you are passionate about making a difference in mental health care and thrive in a collaborative setting, this opportunity could be your next career step.

Benefits

Structured mentoring

Flexible working hours

Inclusive workplace

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must have GMC registration and experience in General Adult Psychiatry.
• Experience in Intensive Case Management for Psychosis required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for care and treatment of patients with complex mental health needs.
• Chair review meetings and offer crisis appointments to patients.

Skills

General Adult Psychiatry

Crisis Management

Multi-disciplinary Team Collaboration

Patient Assessment

Education

GMC Registration

Experience in ICMP

Job description

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area General Adult in ICMP West Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (Monday to Friday 8 hours per day) Job ref 277-6513014-A5-TS

Site The Heights Town Charlton, London Salary £105,504 - £139,882 + £2,162 London weighting + 1% on call Salary period Yearly Closing 26/05/2025 23:59

Job overview

The post holder will be Consultant Psychiatrist to the Greenwich West Intensive Case Management for Psychosis Team (ICMp) with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. This is a well established post that has been filled by a locum for the past few years. The vacancy has arisen as the former substantive consultant moved to a different role within the Trust.

The post holder will carry no responsibility for inpatients but will be part of the bed management strategy within the Community Mental Health (CMH) Directorate. The Directorate takes a whole-system approach to bed management with twice daily meetings between community and inpatient clinicians to ensure that beds are used in the most efficient manner. It is not anticipated that the consultant will attend all of these meetings but will need to support the team generally with bed management. The directorate has alternatives to admission in place including an admissions avoidance team, a Borough based Home Treatment Team (HTT) and also a crisis house.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the care and treatment of patients who receive high level and complex mental health care (formerly on CPA ) within the team. This will involve attending multi-disciplinary team meetings, case discussion meetings, and weekly referrals meetings with in the team.

The post holder will be expected to attend zoning meetings at least twice a week to prioritize contacts with patients, especially those service users who are deteriorating and presenting with increasing risk. The postholder will be expected to support the team with the development of robust crisis plans for those patients that may be deteriorating.

The post holder will in addition be expected to chair review/ CPA meetings, offer crisis appointments to patients who are in the red zone and offer home visits and telephone advice to general practitioners and other professional who may be involved with the care of service users on the caseload.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.

Oxleas recruitment and retention strategy includes offering all Consultants and SAS doctors regular formal structured mentoring by professionally trained mentors.

" We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.”

Chief Executive

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will in addition be expected to chair review/ CPA meetings, offer crisis appointments to patients who are in the red zone and offer home visits and telephone advice to general practitioners and other professional who may be involved with the care of service users on the caseload.

The post holder will have 4 formal outpatient clinics a week with 4-5 patients booked per clinic. The consultant and other team medics will be responsible for screening new referrals and ensuring that they receive a prompt assessment from the team. This follows a framework with other team members to offer an Initial Family Meeting (IFM) where goals and objectives and completion of a DIALOG care - plan are agreed. There may be additional crisis clinic appointments and/or home visits requi r ed during the week and the consultant will be expected to sho w flexibility in managing their diary.

Person specification

GMC Registration application

• Registration number
• Registration application

Experience of General Adult Psychiatry

• CV
• Working experience

Teaching experience

Section 12 registration

• Registration number
• Registration application for Section 12

Experience in General Adult

• Experience of ICMP

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process. We also discourage overuse of AI during the application process because this can negatively impact the quality of your application and may hinder your chances of being shortlisted. Thank you.

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.