# Consultant Psychiatrist - Dean Ward

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Edward Jenner Court
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-08T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-23T14:00:57.429Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/Gloucestershire_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical_Psychiatry/Medical_Psychiatry-v8317416
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8317416?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.ghc.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are excited to be able to advertise for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership to the inpatient service at Wotton Lawn Hospital based in Gloucester. This is a post vacated by a Consultant Psychiatrist moving roles internally.

Wotton Lawn Hospital in Gloucester has 66 acute beds across 4 wards as well as a 10-bed intensive care unit. Dean ward is a 15 bed female ward covering patients from the across the Gloucestershire area.

### Main duties of the job

You will provide senior clinical leadership to Dean Ward. This will include working with medical colleagues, the wider MDT and the patient’s supporting system. The role will include both direct patient contact and consultation/supervision of others.

You will be the Responsible Clinician for your inpatients and will be expected to exercise RC responsibilities in accordance with the Code of Practice. A key responsibility will be providing written and oral evidence at Mental Health Act Managers’ Meetings and Review Tribunals.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the main responsibilities and expectations of the role and the personal specifications required.

AAC Panel in 2026

### 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

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Understanding of NHS and policies and procedures related to Medical

### Experience

**Essential**

- Higher specialist training/extensive psychiatry experience

### Personal skills

**Essential**

- Good interpersonal skills and aptitude for leadership

## Documents

- [staff benefits - ghc (pdf, 618.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2522)
- [jd consultant inpatient dean ward (pdf, 584.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638602)
- [additional information for applicants (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2656)

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