Specialist Consultant - Psychiatry
Core
Provide comprehensive psychiatric assessment, treatment planning, and ongoing management for adults with acute and complex mental health conditions across inpatient and community settings.
Role type
Staff Specialist Consultant Psychiatrist (General Adult Mental Health)
Builds
Inpatient units and community mental health teams
Domain
Healthcare / Psychiatry
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, evidence-based treatment, clinical leadership, supervision and mentoring, service development, clinical governance, culturally safe practices
Preferred skills
Research, teaching, recovery-oriented care
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Clinical leadership across inpatient units and community mental health teams, Psychiatric assessments, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment, Supervision and mentoring of junior medical staff and registrars, Participation in service development, clinical governance, and culturally safe practices, Collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure continuity of care
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership duties