# Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Clinical Research Fellow > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-and-senior-clinical-research-fellow/69a0ef5c-8f5e-473b-aad1-5cb5b08de43b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-and-senior-clinical-research-fellow/69a0ef5c-8f5e-473b-aad1-5cb5b08de43b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Little Bromwich Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum - **Contract type:** 24 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T10:12:36.361Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Solihull_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychiatry/Psychiatry-v8250653 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8250653?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking an enthusiastic, values-driven Consultant Psychiatrist to join Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in a unique combined post within the Early Intervention Service and the Mental Health Mission Midlands Translational Centre, in partnership with the University of Birmingham. This full-time 10 PA role brings together 6 PAs of permanent clinical consultant activity and 4 PAs of academic activity on a 24-month fixed-term basis. The post offers an exciting opportunity to combine senior clinical leadership in early psychosis with protected academic time as a Senior Clinical Research Fellow, helping to shape innovative, evidence-based mental health care across Birmingham and Solihull. The clinical component will be based within the Early Intervention Service, providing expert psychiatric assessment, formulation, treatment planning, senior decision-making and clinical leadership for people experiencing early psychosis or at-risk mental states. The academic component will support the delivery and development of high-quality translational mental health research aligned with the Mental Health Mission, Trust priorities and the development of research-active clinical services. The role is ideal for a consultant psychiatrist who wants to deliver excellent patient-centred care while building or extending a clinical academic portfolio in psychosis, early intervention, personalised care, translational research and innovative service delivery. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will provide comprehensive psychiatric assessment, formulation and management plans for people under the care of the Early Intervention Service, providing senior clinical decision-making, risk management and shared clinical leadership within a recovery-focused multidisciplinary team. They will work collaboratively with service users, families, carers, primary care and partner organisations to deliver safe, inclusive and person-centred care, and will support effective transitions into, within and out of services, including liaison with wider Trust and community pathways. The post holder will also lead and support research activity within the Mental Health Mission Midlands Translational Centre, including study delivery, clinical trials, research governance, recruitment to studies, dissemination, publications, service evaluation, audit and future grant development. They may act as Principal Investigator or support senior research leadership for studies relevant to psychosis, early intervention, personalised prognosis, treatment innovation and reducing inequalities in access and outcomes. The role will contribute to grant applications, academic outputs, national research networks and the development of competitive research fellowship applications, while engaging with industry partners to expand experimental medicine and innovation capacity. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will provide consultant psychiatric input to the Early Intervention Service, supporting people experiencing early psychosis or at-risk mental states. Responsibilities will include assessment, diagnosis, formulation, treatment planning, prescribing, risk assessment and management, multidisciplinary team working, care planning and liaison with families, carers and partner agencies. They will provide senior clinical advice and leadership to support safe, recovery-focused and person-centred care, including effective transitions between services and pathways. The academic component will involve supporting translational research through the Mental Health Mission Midlands Translational Centre, including study delivery, recruitment, research governance, dissemination, publications, service evaluation, audit and future grant development. The post holder will work with NHS, university, industry and wider partner organisations to promote a strong research culture, increase access to innovative studies and embed evidence into routine practice. The post holder will contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement, audit, teaching and supervision, and will support the development of research-active clinical teams. This will include encouraging recruitment to studies, supporting innovation and dissemination, contributing to academic outputs and helping generate evidence that informs service improvement, future care pathways and national practice. ### 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 ### Scoring **Essential** - Full GMC registration with a licence to practice - Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983) - MRCPsych or equivalent - PhD - Obtained inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCT) in General Adult Psychiatry, or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register - Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development. - Substantial experience of psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness, preferably in a community setting - Experience of providing psychological and/or social interventions - Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level. The ability to nurture the careers of junior team members. - Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team. - Knowledge of translational research in mental health research - Experience of submitting grant applications and evidence of successful grant funding - Record of scientific publication appropriate for career stage. - Leadership, management and influencing skills - High-level communication and organisational skills. - Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team. - A strong and dedicated vision that fosters innovation. - Demonstrable interest in the provision of gender sensitive mental health service - Willingness to be involved in management of service. - Able to participate in Consultant on-call rota. - Able to travel **Desirable** - Broad clinical training including both inpatient and community service - Experience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population. - Experience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery - Experience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project - Completed clinically relevant audit projects - High quality research publications - Evidence of external research funding ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 972.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10567789) - [person spec with jd (pdf, 972.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10567790) - [everyday behaviours guide (pdf, 159.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2415) - [recruitment fraud and fees notice (pdf, 280.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3094) - [artificial intelligence (ai) statement (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3095) - [recruitment equality, diversity and inclusion statement (pdf, 288.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3096) ## 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.