# Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry - Stafford IMHT > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-general-adult-psychiatry-stafford-imht/05656f7b-2dd9-4d13-9a17-0708d09a8924 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-general-adult-psychiatry-stafford-imht/05656f7b-2dd9-4d13-9a17-0708d09a8924.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Stafford - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £109,725 - £145,478 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T07:12:57.164Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Stafford/Midlands_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/General_Adult_Mental_Health/General_Adult_Mental_Health-v8034973 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8034973?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Community Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry to join the Stafford Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) based in Stafford. This role is part of a functionalised model in which patients requiring inpatient care, crisis or home treatment have their care temporarily transferred to the relevant pathway. You will provide leadership to the team as part of a collective leadership structure and offering support and supervision as required to the Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Non-Medical Prescribers. You may be responsible to supervise a trainee and there are also opportunities available in the Trust to participate in postgraduate and undergraduate education for Junior Doctors and medical students from Keele Medical School You will hold a caseload of approximately 90 of which many will have other clinicians in the IMHT working with them.  The team is made up of 2.6wte Psychiatrists, 1.0 Advanced Clinical Practitioner, 6.8wte Nurses, 2.0 Nursing Associate, 1.8wte Occupational Therapists, 2.0wte Psychologists, 2.0wte Psychological Therapist, 2.0 Clinical Associate in Psychology, 4.0wte Healthcare Support Workers 0.8 Peer Recovery Worker and 1 Team Manager. All Consultant Psychiatrists are supported in developing their ways of working within the MPFT Living Our Values Framework. You will take part in out of hours duties; on call work is remunerated at 3% as well as 0.25 APAs. ### Main duties of the job As Consultant Psychiatrist, you will provide medical leadership within a collective leadership model. As part of this role, you will be expected to: - Ensure, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, regular effective review of the care of patients in the clinical pathway – via individual assessments and follow up appointments, MDT meetings and sometimes the Care Programme Approach (CPA) review, particularly where the complexity requires it. - Be the Responsible Clinician for service users in the pathway who are subject to Community Treatment Order (CTO) where applicable - Provide evidence based care - Be recovery focused - Provide cross-cover (emergency and prospective) for other Consultant Psychiatrist colleagues by mutual agreement - Communicate with all key partners in an appropriate and timely way including service users, carers and General Practitioners. - Comply with all Trust policies and the Living Our Values Framework. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached the job description and person specification for full details of this role. For further details / informal visits please do not hesitate to contact us. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to provide leadership and vision in a changing environment - Awareness of lean methodology **Desirable** - Experience in lean methodology ### Experience **Essential** - Clinical Leadership/management experience at any level **Desirable** - Experience at Consultant level - Experience at setting up a new service ### Qualifications **Essential** - Primary Medical Degree - Full GMC registration including licence to practice or eligibility for licence to practice if coming from overseas - Approved Clinician (AC) status or eligibility to obtain within 3 months of appointment **Desirable** - Additional qualification in a clinical area, management or education ## Documents - [jd and ps (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10322818) - [benefits booklet (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2957) ## 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.