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An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join a well-established Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) providing high-quality care for adults with a wide range of mental health conditions.
This substantive Consultant role offers the chance to work within a supportive multidisciplinary team while contributing to service development, teaching, leadership and quality improvement. The service follows a modern team-based approach, allowing Consultants to focus on complex clinical decision-making and leadership rather than maintaining an individual caseload.

The Role

You will:

• Provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment for adults with complex mental health conditions.
• Deliver clinical leadership within the Community Mental Health Team.
• Support multidisciplinary team meetings and provide expert psychiatric advice.
• Conduct outpatient assessments, reviews and CPA meetings.
• Undertake home visits where clinically appropriate.
• Work closely with GPs, community services, inpatient teams and external agencies.
• Act as the Responsible Clinician for patients subject to Community Treatment Orders.
• Participate in teaching, audit, research and continuous service improvement.

The Service

You'll be joining an experienced multidisciplinary team including:

• Consultant Psychiatrists
• Specialist Doctors
• Mental Health Practitioners
• Nursing staff
• Administrative support
• GP Trainees
• Allied Health Professionals

The department operates a collaborative model with strong peer support and excellent opportunities for professional development.

What's on Offer

• Permanent Consultant post (10 PAs)
• Dedicated SPA time for CPD, teaching, audit and research
• Structured leadership development and mentoring programme
• Excellent administrative and clinical support
• Opportunity to contribute to service development and quality improvement
• Supportive multidisciplinary working environment
• Research and teaching opportunities
• 1:25 on-call rota

Person Specific

Requirements

Essential

Applicants must have:

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• GMC Specialist Registration in General Adult Psychiatry (or be within six months of CCT).
• Approved Clinician status (or be able to obtain this within three months).
• Section 12 approval (or be able to obtain this within three months).
• Experience assessing and treating patients in a community mental health setting.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
• Experience in teaching, audit and research.

Desirable

• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry.
• MRCPsych (or equivalent recognised qualification).
• Higher degree (MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent).
• Previous leadership or management training.

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