Overview
We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Core South Team based at Oaklands Centre Hub for the South community mental health team.
You will have a central role within an MDT context in providing medical leadership, delivering psychiatric assessment and treatment for a caseload of children, adolescents and their families with variable degree of complexity associated with attachment difficulties, mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions, as well as contribute to providing psychiatric and medical risk management in the community. On a day-to-day basis, as Consultant psychiatrist, you will be part of the Children\'s and Young People Mental Health Service. You will have a close working relationship on clinical matters with multidisciplinary teams and provide important liaison with other doctors in primary and secondary care. You will offer specialist consultation and peer supervision to Senior Mental Health Practitioners within the clinical team including the supervision of resident doctors.
Main duties
* Present yourself consistently in line with the Trust\'s values and promote these on a daily basis.
* Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
* Use your initiative and take responsibility for yourself, the quality of your work and the service you provide to patients.
* Quality Improvement Lead status for the Oaklands Team Hub, supported by Service and Clinical Team Managers to promote and oversee quality improvement activities within the MDT.
About us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation. Our population is culturally diverse, with deprivation in some areas which creates demand for our services and requires us to ensure access for all. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Details
Date posted: 10 September 2025
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 436-MEDICAL-OC-CONS
Job location: Oaklands Centre, Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6JB
Job responsibilities
Please see all job responsibilities in the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Essential
* Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
* Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
* MRCPsych or equivalent
* Obtained inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in Adult Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register
* Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development
* Substantial experience of psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness, preferably in a community setting
* Experience of providing psychological and/or social interventions
* Experience of teaching and training at undergraduate/postgraduate level
* Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team
* Evidence of potential for effective leadership
* Excellent communication skills and demonstrable interest in gender-sensitive mental health service provision
* Ability to work creatively within a multi-disciplinary team
* Willingness to be involved in management of service
* Able to participate in Consultant on-call rota
* Able to travel
Desirable
* Additional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field
* Broad clinical training including both inpatient and community service
* Experience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population
* Experience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery
* Experience contributing to or completing a service improvement project
* Completed clinically relevant audit projects
Other information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires submission for Disclosure to check for previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require Skilled worker sponsorship will be considered. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. Guidance on overseas criminal record checks is available in the linked guidance.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Oaklands Centre, Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6JB
Employer's website: https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/
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