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Essential
27 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Teaching
Experience in teaching junior staff
- Teaching
Good teaching and communication skills
- Teaching
Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
- Teaching
Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals
- Qualifications
Fully registered with the General Medical Council
- Qualifications
Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview).
- Qualifications
Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
- Qualifications
Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/ Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.
- Other Requirements
UK driving licence
- Research and Audit
Experience of research work, or be able to interpret research findings and apply them to clinical practice.
- Research and Audit
Audit experience
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of clinical work in Adult Psychiatry at SpR, SASG or consultant level within the last 3 years
- Knowledge and Experience
Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
- Knowledge and Experience
Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Knowledge and Experience
Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
- Knowledge and Experience
Robust experience of working with severe and enduring mental illness and risk assessment, management
- Clinical Skills and Supervision
Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
- Clinical Skills and Supervision
Self-motivating and innovative
- Clinical Skills and Supervision
Expertise in risk assessment
- Clinical Skills and Supervision
Confident in therapeutic risk taking
- Clinical Skills and Supervision
Commitment to clinical governance
- Organisational Skills/Abilities
Leadership skills
- Organisational Skills/Abilities
Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
- Organisational Skills/Abilities
Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
- Organisational Skills/Abilities
Consultation skills to services, teams and individuals
- Organisational Skills/Abilities
Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
- Organisational Skills/Abilities
Commitment to working with service users on service development
Desirable
12 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Teaching
Medical education qualification
- Qualifications
A higher degree such as MD or PhD
- Other Requirements
Car owner
- Research and Audit
Experience of grant-funded project work
- Research and Audit
Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of working at consultant level in a community environment
- Clinical Skills and Supervision
Experience in supervising trainee doctors and SAS doctors
- Organisational Skills/Abilities
Formal leadership and management training
- Organisational Skills/Abilities
Experience of team /service leadership
- Organisational Skills/Abilities
Experience of organisational development work
- Organisational Skills/Abilities
Project management ability
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:
Interview date (AAC panel): TBC
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.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Consultant in Adult Psychiatry - Dunstable CMHT with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 04 Nov 2026.
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