# Consultant Psychiatrist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West London NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist/f57ac5aa-aa7e-43d3-a800-971db8c1787d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist/f57ac5aa-aa7e-43d3-a800-971db8c1787d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** West London NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bernard's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-29T20:01:08.705Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Hounslow/West_London_NHS_Trust/Psychiatry/Psychiatry-v8404351 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8404351?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a new consultant post created to provide medical leadership to Hounslow’s new Intensive Outreach & Rehabilitation Service, which brings together the existing Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) and a new Intensive Outreach (IO) function under a single clinical and operational structure, each delivered as a distinct pathway with a single Team Manager. The post holder will hold overall medical responsibility for the Intensive Outreach pathway working closely with the Consultant responsible for the Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) pathway (already in post). This is a full-time post of 10 programmed activities, made up of two components. Six PAs (0.6 WTE) are allocated to the Intensive Outreach pathway described above. The remaining four PAs (0.4 WTE) are allocated to the Hounslow Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service, where the post holder will provide consultant psychiatrist input to the EIP multidisciplinary team. ### Main duties of the job - Provide medical leadership for the Intensive Outreach (IO) pathway, working in partnership with the Band 8a Team Manager. - Undertake senior assessment and direct clinical input for the most complex cases within the IO pathway, including risk and medication management, diagnostic assessment, Mental Health Act assessments and CTO reviews. - Support the team’s duty function for urgent concerns and assessments. - Provide consultant psychiatrist input and clinical leadership to the Hounslow EIP multidisciplinary team, working in partnership with the EIP Team Manager. - Undertake senior assessments and direct clinical input for more complex EIP cases, including diagnostic assessment, risk and medication management, Mental Health Act assessments and CTO reviews, and hold senior medical responsibility for care delivered by the EIP team. - Provide early, easy-access advice to GPs and Primary Care Networks under a liaison and consultation model, contactable by telephone or email during working hours. - Facilitate smooth transitions into and out of the EIP service, including transition of young people from CAMHS at 18, and onward transfer to MINT or the IO and CRS pathways where appropriate. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ### 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 ### Eligibility **Essential** - Full GMC registration with a licence to practise at time of appointment - On the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months) - Approved Clinician status, or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment - Section 12 approval, or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment - Good standing with the GMC (no unresolved warnings/conditions) ### Qualifications **Essential** - MBBS or equivalent medical qualification - MRCPsych, or equivalent qualification in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidance **Desirable** - Qualification/higher degree in clinical research or management ### Clinical knowledge **Essential** - Excellent clinical skills, with experience relevant to complex psychosis, rehabilitation and/or intensive outreach - Able to meet duties under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act **Desirable** - Experience of working with people with first episode psychosis, or within an early intervention in psychosis service - Experience of working with patients who disengage from services / experience of assertive engagement approaches ### Other requirements **Essential** - Mobile and able to travel across Hounslow sites as needed - Commitment to and compliance with Trust values (Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence, Caring) ### Leadership and service development **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to lead and work within a multidisciplinary team - Experience of, or demonstrable interest and skills in, service development, new-service mobilisation or change management - Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty - Commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver service improvement ### Academic skills and lifelong learning **Essential** - Excellent written and oral communication skills - Ability to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and to supervise junior/SAS medical staff - Has participated in continuous professional development - Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes **Desirable** - Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation - Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards ## Documents - [candidate pack (pdf, 768.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10736099) - [oh requirements (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3067) - [occupational health requirements (pdf, 376.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3003) ## 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.