# Consultant in Adult Psychiatry - Dunstable CMHT > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-adult-psychiatry-dunstable-cmht/7c17f2ca-76bc-4c97-9a20-2bba7eab024d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-adult-psychiatry-dunstable-cmht/7c17f2ca-76bc-4c97-9a20-2bba7eab024d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £109,725 - £145,478 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-03-04T09:21:36.685Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Dunstable/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Adult_Community_Mental_Health/Adult_Community_Mental_Health-v7847056 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7847056?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Dunstable Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) has undergone a process of transformation/ redesign in order to focus on providing prompt assessment and intervention at the point of need. By separating out some of the functions of a traditional CMHT, the new structure will additionally allow more of a focus on recovery for those with enduring mental health problems and those accessing CPA, within a linked recovery service. Community mental healthcare will increasingly be provided closer to home, within primary care networks. Dunstable CMHT has the following structure: Closing date: 27th July 2025 Interview date (AAC panel): 13th August 2025 - Front-end blended teams with triage function + Providing care for complex patients not on CPA (PCN Case load) - Managing recovery-focused care of individuals on CPA. (Recovery Case load) - ADHD Case Load ### Main duties of the job The post-holder will provide clinical leadership to a community mental health team serving adults with acute and severe mental illness. Key responsibilities include: - Leading the Dunstable team and weekly MDT meetings. - Conducting assessments, diagnoses, and treatment planning with a focus on recovery-oriented care. - Offering clinical guidance to GPs and collaborating with crisis, inpatient, and specialist teams to ensure continuity of care. - Fulfilling responsibilities under the Mental Health Act, including duties as an Approved Clinician and Section 12-approved psychiatrist. - Ensuring performance targets (KPIs) are met and working towards HTAS accreditation. - Supervising junior staff, delivering training, and leading quality improvement and audit activities. - Participating in the consultant duty rota and engaging in regular appraisal and job planning. - Candidates must be fully GMC registered with either a CCT or equivalent (Article 14), and have s12 approval. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a detailed description of main duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached job description and person specification. ## Job Details Dunstable Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) has undergone a process of transformation/ redesign in order to focus on providing prompt assessment and intervention at the point of need. By separating out some of the functions of a traditional CMHT, the new structure will additionally allow more of a focus on recovery for those with enduring mental health problems and those accessing CPA, within a linked recovery service. Community mental healthcare will increasingly be provided closer to home, within primary care networks. Dunstable CMHT has the following structure: Closing date: 27th July 2025 Interview date (AAC panel): 13th August 2025 ## Job Description The post-holder will provide clinical leadership to a community mental health team serving adults with acute and severe mental illness. Key responsibilities include: ## Responsibilities For a detailed description of main duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached job description and person specification. ## Person Specification ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience in teaching junior staff - Good teaching and communication skills - Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates - Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals **Desirable** - Medical education qualification ### Qualifications **Essential** - 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** - A higher degree such as MD or PhD ### Other Requirements **Essential** - UK driving licence **Desirable** - Car owner ### Research and Audit **Essential** - Experience of research work, or be able to interpret research findings and apply them to clinical practice. - Audit experience **Desirable** - Experience of grant-funded project work - Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Experience of clinical work in Adult Psychiatry at SpR, SASG 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 - Robust experience of working with severe and enduring mental illness and risk assessment, management **Desirable** - Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health - Experience of working at consultant level in a community environment ### Clinical Skills and Supervision **Essential** - Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team - Self-motivating and innovative - Expertise in risk assessment - Confident in therapeutic risk taking - Commitment to clinical governance **Desirable** - Experience in supervising trainee doctors and SAS doctors ### Organisational Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Leadership skills - Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team - Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that - Consultation skills to services, teams and individuals - Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting - Commitment to working with service users on service development **Desirable** - Formal leadership and management training - Experience of team /service leadership - Experience of organisational development work - Project management ability ## Documents - [elft strategy (pdf, 153.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1708) - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) - [jd&ps - consultant psychiatrist – dunstable cmht (pdf, 640.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10118301) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.