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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, especially in general hospital patients and / or patients with medically unexplained symptoms
- Research and Audit
Audit experience
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of clinical work in Acute 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
Biggleswade community mental health teams are undergoing 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.
Over the coming years, Community Mental Health services nationally are receiving an enhancement of funding. Community mental healthcare will increasingly be provided closer to home, within primary care networks. Biggleswade CMHT is in the process of transformation and moving towards the following structure:
- Front-end blended teams with triage function and providing care for complex patients not on CPA.
- Managing recovery-focused care of individuals on CPA.
Main duties of the job
- Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and management of issues relating to mental and physical health for adults with acute and severe mental illness in the community (over 18 years) so that intensive and timely treatment can be delivered to prevent chronicity and dependency on psychiatric services.
- Attend and be the clinical leader of weekly MDT meetings, supported by the team operational lead.
- Provide clinical advice and guidance to primary care physicians to manage patients in the least restrictive environment
- Undertake all work in the context of the recovery approach which is emphasised across the Trust, placing the service user at the centre of planning and decision making.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed review of the job description and person specification please refer to the attached JD&PS
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 General Adult Psychiatry - Biggleswade 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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