Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry Community Mental Health Service

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are seeking a permanent full time (10PA) General Adult Psychiatrist to join the Telford & Wrekin Community Mental Health Services.

You will work with a well-established Multi-Disciplinary Team to provide timely & comprehensive assessment, interventions & treatments to service users & their families/carers

This post enables dedicated Consultant input into one of our 4 Integrated Community Mental Services, providing community care & treatment, with the facility for rapid assessment of referred patients, flexible review of complex patients & timely discharge in liaison with GPs. Service users will present with a range of mental health difficulties & need.

You will offer clinical services to the community working within both local & national guidelines

You will provide medical leadership within a collective leadership model.

The Consultant Psychiatrist is not expected to be the lead professional/key worker for all the service users on their caseload. However, in cases where there is a service user need or where there is no need to involve any other professional from the multi-disciplinary team, this may be required.

Main duties of the job

  • To ensure, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, regular effective review of the care of patients in the clinical pathway – via individual assessments and follow up appointments.
  • To be the Responsible Clinician for service users in the pathway who are subject to Community Treatment Order (CTO) where applicable
  • To provide evidence-based care
  • To be recovery focused
  • To provide cross-cover (emergency and prospective) for other Consultant Psychiatrist colleagues by mutual agreement
  • To communicate with all key partners in an appropriate and timely way including service users, carers and General Practitioners.
  • To work within the requirements of service contracts including compliance with nationally agreed quality standards
  • To fully utilise Trust IT systems as appropriate to enable fulfilment of clinical duties; including launch of the electronic prescribing system
  • The post-holder will take part in out of hours duties; on call work is remunerated at 3% as well as 0.5 APAs.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Medical Degree
  • MRC Psych or equivalent
  • Eligible for inclusion on the specialist register (senior trainees must be within six months of CCT at the point of interview)

Desirable

  • Specialty Training

CLINICAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE

Essential

  • Experience in General Adult Psychiatry at ST 4 -6 level or equivalent senior level in a variety of settings including in-patient and community.
  • Awareness of current guidelines for the assessment and treatment of mental disorder
  • Eligibility for approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983,
  • Eligibility for Approved Clinician status and knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act.

Desirable

  • Committed to performance measures and evidence-based practice
  • Experience of service evaluation.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 31 August 2026

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