Consultant Psychiatrist
Core
Lead high-quality psychiatric care, provide assessments and interventions, and shape recovery-focused care for service users within an acute inpatient and rehabilitation setting.
Role type
Consultant Psychiatrist (Responsible Clinician and Approved Clinician)
Builds
Holistic, evidence-based mental health care plans and service improvements
Domain
Mental Health / Clinical Psychiatry
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Clinical decision-making, care planning, treatment formulation, clinical governance, service development, team supervision, quality improvement, statutory duties management (MHA/MCA), complex case management
Preferred skills
Experience in acute settings, working with diverse cultural contexts
Technologies
NICE guidelines, Mental Health Act 1983/2007, Care Programme Approach
Responsibilities
Provide psychiatric assessments and interventions, lead clinical decision-making and care planning, oversee caseload as Responsible Clinician, supervise junior medical staff, contribute to clinical governance and audit, lead quality improvement initiatives, participate in on-call rota
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities