Consultant Psychiatrist – Inpatient Recovery Units (Rehabilitation)

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are excited to be able to advertise a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership to the Inpatient Recovery Units based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. This is a post vacated by a retiring Consultant Psychiatrist.

Honeybourne Recovery Unit (10 beds) and Laurel House Recovery Unit (13 beds) are stand-alone facilities located on the St Paul’s campus in Cheltenham. The majority of patients will have a psychotic illness as the primary diagnoses and range of stays between 6 to 18 months.

The job will entail acting as the responsible clinician to the patients.

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are 10 sessions per week (1 in 20 on-call).

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the job include the clinical care of patients. Working with the MDT to devise comprehensive clinical management plan for the rehabilitation of the patients within the service.

The role also includes managerial aspects such as supervision of specialty doctor and any trainees.

Further information can be found in the attached job description.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

Essential

  • Basic Medical Qualification GMC registered. On GMC Specialist Register, or eligible for such inclusion. Specialist Registrars within 6 months of their CCT date at the time of interview. Approved Clinician/S12 approval or eligibility for approval.

Desirable

  • MRCPsych. Training or experience in inpatients, crisis, AOT and/or substance misuse psychiatry.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Higher specialist training or extensive UK experience in acute psychiatry.

Desirable

  • Experience of ‘Recovery’ working at consultant or advance trainee level.

SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Essential

  • Understanding of wider NHS context and recent policy developments.

Desirable

  • Management, Audit, Research or Business experience.

PERSONAL SKILLS AND QUALITIES

Essential

  • Effective leadership Good interpersonal skills Commitment to supervising junior staff.

Desirable

  • Calm but dynamic Supportive Training in work-based placed assessments.

MOTIVATION

Essential

  • Willingness to accept lead clinician and management responsibilities for parts of the service.

Desirable

  • Ambitions to take part in the wider activities of the consultant role e.g. management Education, Governance, research.

OTHER RELEVANT FACTORS

Essential

  • Commitment to high quality service, full driving licence or able to make own transport

Desirable

  • To start as soon as possible.

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: 16 August 2026

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