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We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry to join a well-established Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) in South West England.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key leadership role within a modern, recovery-focused community mental health service supporting adults of working age. Working alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team, you will help shape service development, lead quality improvement initiatives and deliver high-quality, patient-centred psychiatric care.
The role is ideal for a Consultant who is passionate about collaborative working, community psychiatry, education, clinical leadership and service transformation.

The Role

As Consultant Psychiatrist, you will:

• Provide clinical leadership and medical responsibility for working-age adults within the Community Mental Health Team.
• Assess, diagnose and manage patients with a wide range of complex mental health conditions.
• Deliver outpatient clinics, including new patient assessments and follow-up reviews.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to develop personalised treatment plans.
• Participate in regular MDT meetings and clinical discussions.
• Liaise closely with GPs, Primary Care, Intensive Services, Inpatient Services and external partner organisations.
• Support smooth transitions between inpatient and community services.
• Provide psychiatric advice regarding medication, psychological interventions and ongoing management.
• Undertake home visits or reviews within primary care settings where clinically appropriate.
• Hold Care Programme Approach (CPA) reviews where required.
• Provide clinical supervision to resident doctors, medical students, Specialist Registrars and non-medical prescribers.
• Prepare Mental Health Act reports and fulfil Responsible Clinician duties where appropriate.
• Contribute to service development, business planning, clinical governance and quality improvement initiatives.
• Participate in the consultant on-call rota.

About the Service

The Community Mental Health Team provides specialist assessment and ongoing treatment for adults experiencing moderate to severe mental illness within the community.
The service follows a recovery-focused model, working closely with Primary Care and specialist mental health services to deliver coordinated care while supporting people to remain in their own homes whenever possible.
Referrals are received from:

• Primary Care Liaison Services
• Mental Health Liaison Teams
• Intensive Community Services
• CAMHS
• Other secondary mental health services

The team supports patients presenting with a broad range of conditions including:

• Complex emotional needs
• Trauma-related disorders
• Bipolar disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Severe depression
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Neurodevelopmental conditions requiring assessment and onward referral

The service works closely with specialist pathways for psychosis, ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder to ensure patients receive timely and appropriate care.

Multidisciplinary Team

You will work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team that includes:

• Consultant Psychiatrists
• Resident Doctors
• Senior Practitioners
• Mental Health Nurses
• Occupational Therapists
• Psychologists
• Art Psychotherapists
• Social Workers
• Clinical Assistant Psychologists
• Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners
• Healthcare Assistants

The team delivers collaborative care through regular MDT meetings, shared clinical decision-making and integrated community working.

Teaching, Leadership & Career Development

This role offers extensive opportunities to develop professionally through:

• Protected Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) time.
• Regular Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Annual appraisal and GMC revalidation support.
• Leadership development programme for newly appointed Consultants.
• Formal mentoring scheme.
• Supervision of resident doctors, Specialist Registrars and medical students.
• Opportunities to become an Educational Supervisor.
• Participation in journal clubs, academic meetings and peer supervision groups.
• Dedicated study leave and CPD funding.
• Opportunities to participate in service redesign and strategic leadership projects.

Research & Quality Improvement

The service actively supports:

• Clinical research.
• Quality improvement projects.
• Clinical audit.
• Evidence-based service development.
• Collaboration with universities and research networks.
• Publication and presentation opportunities.
• Participation in NIHR-supported research programmes.

 

Person Specific

Requirements

Essential

Applicants should have:

• MBBS (or equivalent medical qualification).
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register or be within six months of obtaining CCT.
• Approved Clinician status (or ability to obtain within three months).
• Section 12 Approval (or ability to obtain within three months).
• Experience assessing and treating patients within community mental health services.
• Excellent leadership and multidisciplinary working skills.
• Strong communication and clinical decision-making abilities.
• Experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate learners.
• Experience in research, audit and quality improvement.
• Evidence of management or leadership training.

Desirable

• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry.
• MRCPsych (or equivalent recognised by the Royal College of Psychiatrists).
• Higher postgraduate qualification (MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent).
• Educational Supervisor experience.
• Research publications.
• Additional leadership or management experience.
• Expertise in community alternatives to inpatient care and evidence-based psychiatric interventions.

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