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An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join a well-established Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) in North West England. This substantive community-based post offers the chance to provide high-quality mental health care for adults with severe and enduring mental illness while working within a collaborative multidisciplinary service focused on community recovery, service development, teaching, and clinical excellence.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The successful candidate will:
• Provide consultant-led psychiatric care for adults aged 16–64 with severe and enduring mental health conditions within the community setting
• Hold Responsible Clinician (RC) and Approved Clinician (AC) responsibilities for patients under their care
• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric assessments and formulate treatment plans
• Manage outpatient caseloads, including new assessments and follow-up reviews
• Participate in Mental Health Act assessments and Community Treatment Order (CTO) reviews
• Work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver coordinated care pathways
• Support crisis prevention and facilitate admission avoidance where appropriate
• Collaborate with Home Treatment Teams, Early Intervention Services, Liaison Psychiatry, and Inpatient Services
• Contribute to Single Point of Entry (SPOE) referral discussions and multidisciplinary reviews
• Attend consultant meetings, case conferences, and service development forums
• Participate in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, and risk management activities
• Provide supervision and support to junior doctors and trainees
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes
• Participate in research, innovation, and service redesign initiatives
• Support ongoing transformation of community mental health services and integrated care models.

Service Overview

The Community Mental Health Team provides specialist secondary mental health services for adults with severe and enduring mental illness.
The service works closely with:
• Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT)
• Early Intervention Services (EIT)
• Home Treatment Teams (HTT)
• Crisis and Access Services
• Liaison Psychiatry Services
• Inpatient Mental Health Services
• Primary Care Networks
• Social Care Services
• Voluntary Sector Partners
• Integrated Care System (ICS) services.

Teaching, Training and Research

The service has a strong academic and educational culture with opportunities to:
• Supervise psychiatry trainees and foundation doctors
• Teach medical students and nursing staff
• Participate in postgraduate psychiatric education programmes
• Become an Educational Supervisor
• Contribute to research projects and service evaluations
• Participate in journal clubs, case presentations, and CPD activities
• Engage with quality improvement and audit programmes.

Professional Development

The organisation actively supports:
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Royal College CPD requirements
• Annual appraisal and GMC revalidation
• Study leave and educational funding
• Service leadership opportunities
• Research and innovation projects
• Mentoring for newly appointed consultants
• Leadership and management development programmes.

Person Specification

Requirements

Essential

• MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
• GMC Specialist Register status or eligibility for inclusion
• Higher psychiatric training or equivalent experience
• Section 12(2) Approval under the Mental Health Act 1983, or eligibility to obtain approval
• Approved Clinician status or eligibility
• Evidence of teaching and training abilities
• Commitment to multidisciplinary working and service development
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Evidence of clinical audit participation
• Ability to participate in the consultant on-call rota.

Desirable

• MRCPsych or equivalent qualification
• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry or within six months of completion
• Additional postgraduate qualifications such as MSc, MD or MRCP
• Experience of Mental Health Act detentions
• Experience writing reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals
• Educational Supervisor experience
• Experience leading service improvement initiatives
• Research publications and audit presentations
• Interest in management, leadership, and service transformation.
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