Specialty Doctor in Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team

NHS; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in England is seeking a dedicated Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry to join their Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team. The role involves providing high-quality psychiatric care, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, and offering strategic leadership. Candidates should have a Primary Medical Degree and experience in community mental health. This position offers a salary ranging from £61,542 to £99,216 per annum depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience as a fixed term trainee or as a Specialty Doctor in general adult psychiatry.
• Proven track record in community mental health services.
• Demonstrated audit and quality improvement experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric assessments and manage treatment plans for patients in crisis.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members on patient care.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation and conduct clinical meetings.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Experience in community mental health

Leadership skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work independently

Education

Primary Medical Degree

Full GMC Registration

GMC Licence to Practise

Section 12 MHA Approved

Postgraduate qualification in relevant specialty

Job description

Overview

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Specialty Doctor in Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team

The closing date is 05 October 2025

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry to join our Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL), based at our Milton Keynes Hospital Campus site. This is a rewarding opportunity to contribute to a dynamic, multidisciplinary service delivering urgent mental health care in the community.

We welcome applicants with previous experience in Psychiatry, are highly motivated, compassionate, and committed to delivering patient-centred care. Strong communication, organisational skills, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team are essential.

Responsibilities

Main duties of the job

You will provide high-quality psychiatric assessments, consultations, and treatment to service users in acute mental health crisis. Working alongside a Consultant Psychiatrist and Trainee Doctors, you will play a key role in the clinical care and decision-making within the team, and will offer strategic leadership alongside the CRHTT Manager and Service Manager.

The post-holder will have RC responsibility for all patients under the care of the team and will work Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm although flexible working hours can be considered.

About us

The Trust have a long history of close working with Milton Keynes Council and Milton Keynes University Hospital to create joint services. Intermediate care, community equipment and learning disability services are integrated across health and social care and are provided through pooled budgets and integrated teams. We have built a strong working partnership with our commissioners and are part of Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) Integrated Care Board (ICB).

The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) is a multi-disciplinary team of mental health professionals who provide a service to people experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis. The team offer a less restrictive alternative to hospital admission by delivering intensive community-based interventions.

Where hospital admission does occur, the CRHTT assist in shortening the inpatient stay by facilitating early discharge and support back to the community. The team has five main functions; crisis rapid response, gatekeeping, supporting admission, home treatment planning and acute care and early discharge

Opportunities and Development:

- Access to Oxford MRCPsych courses for exam preparation.- Regular one-to-one supervision with a Consultant Psychiatrist.- Participation in local CPD activities.- Opportunity to work toward CESR (Article 14) with up to four consultant referees available to support your application.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Duties

Assessment, diagnosis, formulation of risks and development of a management plan for new referrals, re-referrals and patients under the care of the team. Referrals can come into the team from any service including GPs, A&E psychiatric liaison, inpatient wards, community mental health services etc. Some assessments and reviews take place at the team base, others take place in patient homes/in ward settings. Relevant travel time will be factored in while arranging home visits.

Recording Clinical Coding (Diagnosis) on patient records

Requesting relevant Investigations such as Blood tests, ECGs, MRI Brain scans where appropriate and ensuring relevant baseline investigations prior to starting psychopharmacological interventions

Discharging medical prescribing functions as needed in the team. This may involve: Providing FP10s Writing medication charts Initiating, reviewing and advising on psychopharmacological interventions as appropriate Relevant liaison with pharmacists who carry out weekly screening of drug charts Reconciling medication for patients seen through relevant use of GP summary care records, progress notes on patient records, medication charts

Identifying need for referrals to other services such as referrals for psychological interventions

Reviewing treatment plans and risk assessments of patients in the serviceProviding support and advice to MDT colleagues and liaison with other professionals as required

Chairing MDT clinical meetings during consultants leave and reviewing minutes of those meetings

Ensuring appropriate handover takes place during involvement in the assessment of patients referred from the ward.

Ensuring comprehensive documentation on patient records following patient assessments, telephone calls/other liaison with professionals.

Supporting the trainee doctor as required for example during the consultants leave

Participating in and contributing to MDT teaching sessions, Reflective practice sessions and any Serious Incident Learning sessions.

General Duties

Undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.

Participate in service and business planning activity for the service and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service

Participate in annual appraisal

Attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme

Maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council and abiding by professional codes of conduct

Participate in annual job plan review with Clinical Supervisor

Work with Consultant, local managers and professional colleagues to ensure the efficient running of services

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS AND ELIGIBILITY

• Primary Medical Degree
• Full GMC Registration
• GMC Licence to Practise
• Section 12 MHA Approved
• An additional post graduate qualification of relevance (own specialty)

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Experience as a fixed term trainee or as a Specialty Doctor on a part time or flexible basis in the field of general adult psychiatry.
• Experience in working in a community mental health team/primary care mental health
• Evidence of audit/QI Experience

PERSONAL SKILLS & QUALITIES

• Excellent communication and empathic skills, including excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Timely and effective verbal and written communication skills with patients, carers, colleagues and multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Experience of team working
• Sound organisational skills
• Ability to work on own initiative, making evidence-based decisions

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

£61,542 to £99,216 a yearPer annum (will be pro rata if part time)