Consultant Psychiatrist – CQC Rated GOOD: Sponsorship Available

St Andrew’s Healthcare

Job summary

Consultant Psychiatrist CQC Rated GOOD

Full Time 37.5 hours a week (part time could be considered)

Location: Basildon

Competitive: £145k – £165k plus benefits package dependent on experience

A bit about us

We are St Andrews a mental health charity with a clear purpose: to inspire hope for people living with complex mental health needs. Our Essex site in North Benfleet near Basildon was recently rated GOOD by the CQC and is on its journey to becoming an outstanding site and service.

St Andrews Essex is a 78 bedded adult mental healthcare facility comprising of five wards that cover PICU, Acute and Specialist Mental Health services (Low Secure and Rehabilitation).

This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding Consultant Psychiatrist to take on a senior clinical leadership role, supporting the continued development of services at our site in North Benfleet and to make a real impact on the lives of patients.

Why Join St Andrews?

Be part of a clinically driven organisation with a strong medical leadership structure.

Lead a full multidisciplinary team (MDT) including psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, nurses, junior doctors and specialist therapists.

Access opportunities for research, teaching, service development and leadership within a supportive and academically engaged environment.

Work within a unique therapeutic setting that combines evidence-based practice with innovation, including the use of outcome measures to continually improve care.

Main duties of the job

As Consultant Psychiatrist, you will:

  • Provide clinical leadership as Responsible Clinician for a designated ward.
  • Oversee assessment, treatment, and recovery-focused care for adults with complex mental health needs.
  • Lead and collaborate with the MDT to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care.
  • Supervising the process of referral and admission including contributing to preadmission assessments.
  • Contributing to management meetings and clinical governance meetings
  • Contribute to service strategy, improvement projects, and collaborative working with external partners.
  • Undertake research and innovation projects aligned with St Andrews mission to deliver world class, value-based healthcare.
  • The post includes a non-resident on-call commitment and joins part of a two tier rota, with a specialty doctor based locally.

Person Specification Essential criteria:

  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
  • MRCPsych or equivalent.
  • Ideally CCT in Forensic Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry or due to complete in the next 6 months
  • Approved Clinician and Responsible Clinician status
  • Strong clinical leadership, decision making, and communication skills.
  • Commitment to St Andrews CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Applicants must have MRCPsych or equivalent and hold a CCT in Forensic, General Adult Psychiatry or LD or be looking to complete their CCT in the next 6 months

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: 29 November 2026

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