Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry

3 weeks ago


Tamworth Regional Council, Australia NHS Full time

Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry - Tamworth IMHT

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 30 October 2025

We are excited to offer an opportunity to join the Tamworth Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) as a Consultant Psychiatrist.

The Consultant Psychiatrist will cover the whole IMHT comprising one Primary Care Network (PCN) based in Tamworth and input into community care and treatment within the pathway, with the facility for rapid assessment of referred patients, flexible review of complex patients and timely discharge in liaison with General Practitioners. Service users will present with a range of mental health difficulties.

This post is part of a functionalised model in which patients requiring inpatient care, crisis or home treatment have their care temporarily transferred to the relevant pathway and will have clinical responsibility outside of the IMHT.

You will hold a caseload of approximately 120 and will be well supported by other clinicians in the IMHT as part of a multidisciplinary team and will be expected to demonstrate Clinical Leadership Skills.

The multidisciplinary team comprises 1.8 WTE psychiatrists, 10 WTE nurses including 3 non-medical prescribers, 1 WTE Occupational Therapist, 1.6 WTE Psychologists, 5 Healthcare Support Workers, 0.6 WTE Psychological Therapist and 1 Team Manager.

All Consultant Psychiatrists are supported in developing their ways of working within the MPFT Living Our Values Framework.

You will take part in out of hours duties; on call work is remunerated at 3% as well as 0.25 APAs.

Main duties of the job

As Consultant Psychiatrist you will ensure, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, regular effective review of the care of patients in the clinical pathway - via individual assessments and follow up appointments, MDT meetings and sometimes the Care Programme Approach (CPA) review, particularly where the complexity requires it.

As part of this role, you will be expected to:

- Be the Responsible Clinician for service users in the pathway who are subject to Community Treatment Orders (CTO) where applicable.
- Participate in the training and supervision of doctors in training and medical students where applicable.
- Work within the requirements of service contracts including compliance with nationally agreed quality standards.
- Be actively involved in service planning and development.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

- Supporting your career development and progression
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Job responsibilities

Full details of the role can be reviewed via the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

On Call Work:

You will participate in an approx. 1:23 on call rota for Staffordshire. The rota covers both adult and older adult psychiatry on the St Georges site as well as community cover for emergencies across South Staffordshire. The consultant is usually 3rd on call with support from a 2nd on call SAS Doctor or a higher trainee and a 1st on call Junior Doctor. Occasionally, the consultant may be 2nd on call if there is a gap on the 2nd on call rota. Remuneration for on call work is currently via a 3% availability supplement and 0.25 APA.

Person Specification

Qualifications

- Primary Medical Degree
- CCT or equivalent in General Adult psychiatry, or be within 6 months of achieving
- Full GMC registration including Licence to Practice or eligibility for licence to practice if coming from overseas
- Additional qualification in a clinical area, management or education

Experience

- Clinical leadership/ management experience at any level

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.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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