Consultant Psychiatrist – Rehabilitation Service

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to work equally across Willow Ward, our inpatient rehabilitation facility, and our new developing Open Mental Health Rehabilitation Team – an innovative new offering from Somerset FT in partnership with our VCSE colleagues.

This is a full-time (10 PA per week) post based at various locations across the county. The service is actively considering full-time working over four days to enhance the working lives of prospective consultants. We will also consider partial remote working to support the wellbeing of our consultants. The post-holder will have an office, access to a laptop and mobile. The successful applicant will also have dedicated administrative and secretarial support. The consultant will collaborate with a full multi-disciplinary team and provide clinical leadership input.

On call rota duties include senior medical and Responsible Clinician cover for the inpatient wards and S12 MHA work both in Trust premises and in the community.

This is a 1 in 11 rota operating 5pm to 9am on weekdays; at the weekend, the rota operates from 9am on Saturday morning to 9am on Monday morning. The postholder will be encouraged to participate in the on-call rota although there is no contractual obligation to partake on call duties.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this post are to provide consultant leadership to Willow Ward and the Open Mental Health Rehabilitation Team and to deliver the service expansion together with the existing team, Clinical Director, and Service Manager. The post holder will play an important role in delivering our community strategy as we expand these services and have an active case load of patients with the Open Mental Health Rehabilitation Team, as well as patients that are managed on Willow Ward. The post holder will also offer consultation services to various partner services and agencies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Medical Degree and Royal College membership, or equivalent.
  • Full GMC Registration with a license to practice at time of applying.
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT

Experience

Essential

  • Depth and breadth of clinical experience
  • Experience in a special interest that will complement those existing in the department.
  • Provide high quality care.
  • Provide dedicated non-residential on-call cover (with internal cover).
  • Competent to work without direct supervision where appropriate.
  • Clear, logical thinking showing an analytical/scientific approach.
  • Ability to lead and develop the 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: 15 July 2026

To apply for this job please visit somersetft.tal.net.