# Rotherham Care Group Hospital Liaison Consultant Psychiatrist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotherham-care-group-hospital-liaison-consultant-psychiatrist/8e704487-f6df-4357-8ab5-263d82458503 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotherham-care-group-hospital-liaison-consultant-psychiatrist/8e704487-f6df-4357-8ab5-263d82458503.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Doncaster - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: On call requirements - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 10 sessions per week (on call requirements) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-10T15:52:13.262Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Rotherham/Rotherham_Doncaster_South_Humber_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Consultant_Psychiatrist/Consultant_Psychiatrist-v8147246 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8147246?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.rdash.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Consultant Psychiatrist to join our dynamic Hospital Liaison Team. You will provide expert psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients presenting with a wide range of mental health needs. As a senior clinical leader, you will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, offering specialist advice to medical colleagues within The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. You will contribute to service development, clinical governance, teaching and supervision, helping to shape high-quality, patient-centred mental health care within the hospital environment. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated Consultant Psychiatrist with excellent clinical, communication and leadership skills. You will be committed to delivering compassionate, evidence-based care and driving innovation across liaison psychiatry services. In return, we offer a supportive team environment, opportunities for professional development and the chance to make a significant impact on the wellbeing of patients across the acute care pathway. Information Event To find out more we are holding a recruitment information session on Wednesday 5th August on MS Teams.  Please contact Laura Charlesworth \[email protected\] to book a place and receive further information. ### Main duties of the job Working member of multidisciplinary teams, the post holder will provide consultant clinical input as required, including face-to-face patient assessment for complex urgent acute liaison cases who are adults of working age. The clinical care of patients under the team will be timely and tailored to the needs of patients and their caregivers. The consultant will be expected to have a flexible weekly timetable designed to respond in a timely and reasonable manner to the needs of patients and caregivers as well as of team members for support and advice as necessary. The post-holder will work largely through advice and supervision with direct patient contact as required, with no personal caseload but with rapid throughput of patients and a need for prompt and flexible decision making. This more fluid style of working does not allow for easy quantification of workload. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Clinical supervision experience/skills. The aptitude and potential to develop a leadership role within the service with special emphasis on leading on quality and clinical standards and engaging in service improvement **Desirable** - Ability to undertake training/mentoring of medical staff in junior grades and enthusiasm for education. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of research processes Committed to Continuing Professional Development **Desirable** - Sound knowledge of NHS management structures and systems ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience within General Adult Psychiatry Experience of psychiatric practice in a range of settings. Experience of audit and an understanding of the principles of clinical governance **Desirable** - Prior experience working as a Consultant in Adult Psychiatry. - Evidence of development of special interest (especially Liaison Psychiatry) - Proven commitment to improving the quality of clinical care. - Other special interest/expertise relevant to the post. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full registration with the GMC - Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for Adult Psychiatry or a trainee within six months of completing their CCT. **Desirable** - MRC Psych or equivalent higher qualification. Higher Specialist Training in Adult Psychiatry (e.g. SpR scheme). - MD, Management qualification, other professional qualification (e.g. CBT, PSI, CAT} Endorsement in Liaison Psychiatry ## Documents - [consultant terms and conditions (pdf, 726.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10448287) - [hospital liaison consultant ps / jd.docx (pdf, 496.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10446926) - [rdash clinical & organisational strategy - 2023 to 2028 (pdf, 4.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2789) - [use of artificial intelligence (ai) when writing job applications (pdf, 280.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2919) ## 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.