Consultant Psychiatrist – Acute Inpatient, North Somerset: Sponsorship Available

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Job summary

Are you looking for your next role as a dynamic clinical leader in Acute Inpatient Psychiatry?

Join a dynamic and supportive medical community as the Inpatient Consultant on Juniper Ward — an 18-bed mixed-gender unit within the Long Fox Unit at Weston General Hospital. You’ll provide clinical leadership to a dedicated multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.

Professional Development

North Somerset Mental Health is proud of its inclusive and forward-thinking ethos. We actively support consultants in shaping services and driving improvements. You’ll be encouraged to:

  • Take on leadership and management roles
  • Pursue career development opportunities
  • Contribute to service transformation initiatives

This is more than a clinical post — it’s a chance to lead, grow, and make a lasting impact.

Main duties of the job

As the ward consultant you will deliver direct interventions and weekly review to inpatients including those patients who require use of the Mental Health Act who are difficult to engage. This will include on-going assessment, diagnoses (including review and clarification) and treatment of mental and physical health needs.

You will lead the ward rounds and will provide advice and support to members of the ward team including junior medical staff.

You will be responsible for MHA related work, including reports and attendance at tribunals.

You will be an integral part of psychoeducation, crisis, relapse prevention and care planning for inpatients and will liaise with other parts of the service, including community MH teams; GPs and non NHS organisations wherever applicable. You will liaise with the Intensive and recovery services as appropriate to facilitate the smooth handover of clients between services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

  • Relevant Higher Degree e.g MD,PHD,Msc or other additional clinical qualifications
  • MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Eligibility

Essential

  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of gaining CCT
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Desirable

  • CCT in General Adult Psychiatry

Clinical Skills

Essential

  • Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations.

Personal Skills

Essential

  • To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work
  • Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of assessing and treating patients in and Inpatient setting.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.

Teaching

Essential

  • Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.
  • Understand principles of teaching.

Research and Audit

Essential

  • Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
  • Experience of carrying out an audit project.

Management

Essential

  • Evidence of management/leadership skills training.

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: 15 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.