Consultant Psychiatrist - City and North East Adult Mental Health Team

Main Duties of the Job

• Provide senior clinical leadership and expert psychiatric input to the team, including complex case formulation, risk assessment and decision-making in high-risk or diagnostically challenging presentations.
• Act as a senior clinical decision-maker within MDT forums and provide specialist psychiatric advice across the service, supporting recovery‑oriented, trauma‑informed and evidence‑based care.
• Work alongside the whole AMHT team managers, service manager and the other consultant psychiatrists in the service to ensure the effective functioning and development of the service.
• Provide direct clinical supervision and line management to the trainees and speciality doctor and any senior trainee placed with the team. This will include 1 hour per week psychiatry supervision for each trainee in an accredited training post, with daily supervision for medical trainees and a pro‑rated equivalent level of supervision for speciality doctors.
• Provide direct clinical care and ensure medical involvement in the CPA process and weekly multidisciplinary ward rounds, family meetings, professionals' meetings, further ad hoc patient reviews and seclusion reviews. The consultant will be expected to adhere to good clinical practice based on research evidence.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Medical degree
• Fully registered with the General Medical Council
• Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview).
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
• Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.

Desirable

• MSc or higher degree

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience of clinical work in specialty at SpR, SAS/Specialist grade or consultant level within the last 3 years
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
• Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
• Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry

Desirable

• Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
• Experience of working at consultant level in an inpatient environment.

Teaching

Essential

• Experience in teaching resident doctors
• Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
• Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals

Desirable

• Medical education qualification

Research & Audit

Essential

• Experience of research work and/or ability to interpret research findings and apply them to clinical practice
• Audit or other quality improvement experience

Desirable

• Experience of grant‑funded project work
• Publications in peer‑reviewed journals in relevant academic fields