# Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry - PCLS - Wiltshire > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust Partnership NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-general-adult-psychiatry-pcls-wiltshire/031c7a53-9de2-437b-804f-e56645e530f8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-general-adult-psychiatry-pcls-wiltshire/031c7a53-9de2-437b-804f-e56645e530f8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust Partnership NHS Trust - **Location:** Bath NHS House - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Substantive - **Employment type:** 10 sessions per week (Full Time - 10 PAs) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T18:01:21.388Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Devizes/Avon_Wiltshire_Mental_Health_Partnership_NHS_Trust/Psychiatry/Psychiatry-v8341190 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8341190?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.awp.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join the Primary Care Liaison Service in Wiltshire. The post is an established post which has become vacant due to the previous incumbent moving to another service within AWP. The post involves working as the Primary Care Liaison consultant for a single CMHT catchment are in North, West and East Wiltshire. The post is supported by a Specialty Doctor. The consultant (post holder) will provide clinical leadership in the team, help triage referrals, assess patients and make recommendations on care, provide advice to colleagues on assessment and management, liaising and working closely with the Intensive Service, Community Mental Health Team and Primary Care. There is a weekly interface meeting which is attended by PCLS, CMHTs, Primary Care Psychology and North Wiltshire Intensive Service. The consultant will work closely with the PCLS Manager to ensure that a safe, efficient and high quality service is delivered by the Team. The Consultant will also provide clinical supervision and management supervision for doctors reporting to them. ### Main duties of the job The Consultant will deliver advice to service users including undertaking assessments, (jointly where required), making diagnoses, and determining the most appropriate service provision to meet identified needs, including brief interventions where required. The Consultant will supervise any medical staff providing input in to the service. - To actively participate in clinical supervision. Work collaboratively with the Recovery, Intensive and Inpatient Services to facilitate transitions through the care pathway according to the identified care cluster. - The Consultant is expected to contribute to the development of services in line with best practice and nationally accredited standards. - Responsible with the team members for the identification of appropriate care cluster and identifying service users who require access to specialist services - Understand and participate in the maintenance, monitoring and evaluation of service specific performance indicators and targets. The Consultant is expected to respond to all Advice and Guidance requests within 3-5 working days in accordance with the new PCLS Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). The requestors will primarily be GP, ARRS’ Workers, RMN’s based in GP surgeries, and at times, although scarce, other medical specialists based in Acute and Community Hospitals Training and supervision of junior medical staff Medical and MDT teaching and supervision Regular attendance at the PCLS Team MDT meetings. Participate in QI ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Teaching **Essential** - Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching. - Understand principles of teaching. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of assessing and treating patients in a community setting. ### Management **Essential** - Evidence of management/leadership skills training. ### Eligibility **Essential** - Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment - Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of gaining CCT - Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment - Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment **Desirable** - CCT in General Adult Psychiatry ### Qualifications **Essential** - MB BS or equivalent medical qualification **Desirable** - Relevant Higher Degree e.g MD,PHD,Msc or other additional clinical qualifications - MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. ### Clinical Skills **Essential** - Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations. ### Personal Skills **Essential** - To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team. - Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work - Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff. - Excellent written and oral communication skills ### Research and Audit **Essential** - Experience or involvement in a research project and publication. - Experience of carrying out an audit project. ## Documents - [inclusive top 50 uk employers list (pdf, 78.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2439) - [342-rvn012-bsw-al - pcls approved new tempate updated (pdf, 849.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10665325) ## 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.