Consultant Psychiatrist: Sponsorship Available

West London NHS Trust

Job summary

This is a new consultant post created to provide medical leadership to Hounslow’s new Intensive Outreach & Rehabilitation Service, which brings together the existing Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) and a new Intensive Outreach (IO) function under a single clinical and operational structure, each delivered as a distinct pathway with a single Team Manager. The post holder will hold overall medical responsibility for the Intensive Outreach pathway working closely with the Consultant responsible for the Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) pathway (already in post).

This is a full-time post of 10 programmed activities, made up of two components. Six PAs (0.6 WTE) are allocated to the Intensive Outreach pathway described above. The remaining four PAs (0.4 WTE) are allocated to the Hounslow Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service, where the post holder will provide consultant psychiatrist input to the EIP multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

Provide medical leadership for the Intensive Outreach (IO) pathway, working in partnership with the Band 8a Team Manager.

Undertake senior assessment and direct clinical input for the most complex cases within the IO pathway, including risk and medication management, diagnostic assessment, Mental Health Act assessments and CTO reviews.

Support the team’s duty function for urgent concerns and assessments.

Provide consultant psychiatrist input and clinical leadership to the Hounslow EIP multidisciplinary team, working in partnership with the EIP Team Manager.

Undertake senior assessments and direct clinical input for more complex EIP cases, including diagnostic assessment, risk and medication management, Mental Health Act assessments and CTO reviews, and hold senior medical responsibility for care delivered by the EIP team.

Provide early, easy-access advice to GPs and Primary Care Networks under a liaison and consultation model, contactable by telephone or email during working hours.

Facilitate smooth transitions into and out of the EIP service, including transition of young people from CAMHS at 18, and onward transfer to MINT or the IO and CRS pathways where appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • MRCPsych, or equivalent qualification in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidance

Desirable

  • Qualification/higher degree in clinical research or management

Eligibility

Essential

  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practise at time of appointment
  • On the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months)
  • Approved Clinician status, or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • Section 12 approval, or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • Good standing with the GMC (no unresolved warnings/conditions)

Clinical knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent clinical skills, with experience relevant to complex psychosis, rehabilitation and/or intensive outreach
  • Able to meet duties under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act

Desirable

  • Experience of working with people with first episode psychosis, or within an early intervention in psychosis service
  • Experience of working with patients who disengage from services / experience of assertive engagement approaches

Academic skills and lifelong learning

Essential

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and to supervise junior/SAS medical staff
  • Has participated in continuous professional development
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes

Desirable

  • Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
  • Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards

Leadership and service development

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to lead and work within a multidisciplinary team
  • Experience of, or demonstrable interest and skills in, service development, new-service mobilisation or change management
  • Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver service improvement

Other requirements

Essential

  • Mobile and able to travel across Hounslow sites as needed
  • Commitment to and compliance with Trust values (Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence, Caring)

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: 19 November 2026

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