Consultant Psychiatrists: Sponsorship Available

Health and Community Services

Job summary

We’re offering an exciting permanent Consultant Psychiatrist role within Jersey’s Community Mental Health Services with the flexibility to tailor your job plan to your interests. These roles can be combined with Liaison Psychiatry or Criminal Justice Psychiatry, giving you variety, autonomy, and the chance to make a real impact across different areas of care. We also have a second post for a dual role in In-patient and Home Treatment Team.

At Health and Care Jersey, we are not part of the NHS which means we are agile, well-resourced, and actively reshaping our mental health services to meet the islands needs. Our system is small enough to influence yet large enough to matter.

Interviews are planned for 2nd September 2026 in Jersey and we look forward to seeing you!

“Come and experience Jersey for yourself, you might not want to leave!”

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be expected to provide medical expertise in the field of Adult CMHT Psychiatry. The key responsibilities and expectations are: Responsibility for the investigation, diagnosis, and management of psychiatric disorders in a community setting for patients aged 18-65yr. Providing clinical leadership, support, and advice to the adult community mental health team. Contribution to the Care and Recovery framework process for individuals who are care co-ordinated. Supervising one of the staff grade doctors. Close working relationships with other parts of the mental health care group. Fulfilling the role of Responsible Officer for detained patients on long term leave in the community, working closely with the Mental Health law Office to ensure timely delivery of tribunal reports and other documentation linked to Jersey Mental Health Law. Working collaboratively with service users, families, carers, and the voluntary sector.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised basic medical degree
  • Full GMC registration
  • To have obtained CCT and be on specialist register
  • To have obtained CESR and be on specialist register or,
  • Within 6 months of obtaining CCT with recommendation of programme director
  • Eligibility for Section 12 approval

Desirable

  • MRCPsych or equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
  • Relevant higher degree, e.g. MD. PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
  • Section 12 approval

Skills/Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to take a leadership role in a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care and staff morale
  • Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work
  • Ability to appraise own performance
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

Desirable

  • Evidence of specific achievements that demonstrate leadership skills

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of assessing and treating adult patients in community psychiatric settings
  • Experience managing clozapine and depot prescriptions.
  • Experience of work in UK hospital systems (or equivalent, not just shadowing)
  • Knowledge and evidence of participation in CPD
  • A sound understanding of clinical governance

Desirable

  • Experience in inpatient psychiatry
  • On call experience covering adults and older people
  • ADHD/ ASD assessment experience
  • Experience using Mental Health Law in community settings.
  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

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

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.