Experienced Consultant Psychiatrist

St Andrews Healthcare; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charitable healthcare provider in Birmingham seeks a Consultant Psychiatrist to lead multidisciplinary teams and innovate patient care. This role offers the opportunity to work alongside over 30 consultants, support research initiatives, and influence service direction. It provides a progressive environment for personal and professional development with excellent benefits, including a £1000 study allowance, flexible working options, and generous leave policies.

Benefits

£1000 dedicated study allowance

Flexible working and some remote working

Pension and 33 days of Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays

Free parking and secretarial support

Qualifications

• Completed CCT in General Adult, Forensics, Learning Disability, Old Age or CAMHS.
• Desire to work with over 30 other consultants, progressing into Clinical / Psychiatry Director roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team managing patients with complex needs.
• Promote innovation and improvement of services with opportunities for research.

Education

CCT in General Adult, Forensics, Learning Disability, Old Age or CAMHS

Job description

Opportunities

• Most senior medical managers started as Consultant Psychiatrists in the Charity.
• Speciality Doctor and Physical Healthcare team support.
• Infrequent non resident second on calls with 24 hour first on call cover.
• Sponsored some doctors to undertake MBA degrees.
• Community of over 30 Consultant Psychiatrists and 8 Clinical Directors on one site with weekly multidisciplinary CPD and Grand Rounds programme that includes colleagues from the NHS.
• Only 10 per cent of our Consultant Psychiatrist roles are occupied by locums. Our posts fill up fast.
• Support in undertaking indemnified private practice and medicolegal work through our community partnerships.
• Opportunities for joint roles with the NHS in some areas.
• Teaching Opportunities for medical students from Cambridge and Buckingham as well as Trainees.
• Opportunities for research with our Research and Innovation Team.
• Class leading analytics and data monitoring with extensive integration with our Electronic Records.
• Electronic Prescribing on all our wards.

Benefits

• £1000 dedicated study allowance.
• Flexible working and some remote working.
• Located centrally in the UK with great transport networks to London and the midlands, very good schools and great value for money properties.
• Pension, 33 days of Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays, free parking, sickness policy on par with the NHS, secretarial support.

Role Overview

The person will develop and strengthen their experience whilst having the chance to develop research and clinical ideas. This service is forward‑thinking, open to new ideas and a holistic approach is taken to patient care and treatment. If you would like to be part of working with an innovative and dynamic team; be able to develop and deliver up to date treatments; and work in a supportive environment then this is the place for you! This will be a personally and professionally rewarding role.

Responsibilities

Lead a multi‑disciplinary team and oversee the management of patients with often complex needs. Promote innovation and improvement of services, with scope to develop specialist interests and grow your remit and responsibilities. Undertake non‑clinical activities of interest e.g. research, teaching, governance and management in an innovative way, and influence the direction of services to attain the best outcomes for our patients.

Qualifications

• Completed CCT in General Adult, Forensics, Learning Disability, Old Age or CAMHS.
• Want a role where they have completed CCT, who want to work with over 30 other consultants at the site to help develop and improve services and patient lives and progress into one of our 8 Clinical / Psychiatry Director level roles at the site in the future too.

St Andrew’s Charity

St Andrew’s is a not for profit Charity – we have no shareholders and any surplus we make is ploughed straight back into our services. We are part of the Specialist Provider Collaboratives in the East and West Midlands and are a member of the East Midlands Alliance. Our services in Northampton, set in 150 plus acres of woodland greenery are spread across 5 Divisions – Medium Secure, Low Secure and Specialist Rehabilitation, Learning Disability and Autism, Neuropsychiatry and CAMHS. We have a number of unique specialist national services including our PICU and Acute, Deaf Forensic Service, Huntington's Service, Secure Brain Injury Service, Older Adults Secure Services, Blended Women's Service (one of 3 National Pilots) and a specialist inpatient DBT service.