Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Rehabilitation Psychiatry in Cheltenham

Job summaryWe are seeking a Consultant psychiatrist to join the Primary Care Liaison Service in Swindon. The post is an established post which has become vacant due to the previous incumbent moving to another service within AWP. The post involves working as the Primary Care Liaison consultant for a single CMHT catchment are in Swindon.The post holder will provide clinical leadership in the team, help triage referrals, assess patients and make recommendations on care, provide advice to colleagues on assessment and management, liaising and working closely with the Intensive Service, Community Mental Health Team and Primary Care. The consultant will work closely with the PCLS Manager to ensure that safe, efficient and high-quality service is delivered by the Team. The Consultant will also provide clinical supervision and management supervision for doctors reporting to them.The Consultant will supervise any medical staff providing inputinto the service. Work collaboratively with the Recovery, Intensive and Inpatient Services tofacilitate transitions through the care pathway The Consultant is expected to contribute tothe development of services in line with best practice and nationally accredited standards. The post holder will be expected to support the senior management to and participate instrategic development both within the local service and the wider Trust. The requestors will primarily be GP, ARRS' Workers, RMN'sbased in GP surgeries, and at times, although scarce, other medical specialists based in Acuteand Community Hospitals. To supportand participate in Clinical Governance and Audit To maintain competence to provide coverfor supervision of ECT junior doctor rota (along with all other consultants). To provide medicaland AC responsibility for patients within PCLS caseload from designated GP practicesAbout usWe are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better careDetailsDate posted02 October 2026Pay schemeHospital medical and dental staffGradeConsultantSalary Full-time EssentialMB BS or equivalent medical qualificationDesirableRelevant Higher Degree e.g MD,PHD,Msc or other additional clinical qualificationsMRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. EssentialFully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointmentIncluded on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of gaining CCTApproved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointmentApproved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointmentDesirableCCT in General Adult Psychiatry EssentialExperience of assessing and treating patients in an inpatient/community setting. EssentialAbility to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations.Specific skills in working with people with long term conditions, treatment-resistance, and multiple co-morbidities across a range of therapeutic modalities Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislationAn understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in NHS organisations and importance in patient careDesirableKnowledge of alternatives to inpatient admission care approachesExcellent knowledge of diverse range of interventions EssentialCommitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.DesirableExperience as an Educational Supervisor for traineesEvidence of organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education or multi-professional educationPost Graduate qualification in teaching EssentialExperience or involvement in a research project and publication.Experience of carrying out an audit project.Ability to supervise junior medical staff undertaking research projectsDesirableAbility to critically appraise published researchPublished audit project EssentialEvidence of management/leadership skills training.Evidence of management/leadership skills trainingAbility to identify, assess and manage riskDesirablePrevious management experience including that of other junior medical staff EssentialMB BS or equivalent medical qualificationDesirableRelevant Higher Degree e.g MD,PHD,Msc or other additional clinical qualificationsMRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. EssentialFully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointmentIncluded on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of gaining CCTApproved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointmentApproved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointmentDesirableCCT in General Adult Psychiatry EssentialExperience of assessing and treating patients in an inpatient/community setting. EssentialAbility to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations.Specific skills in working with people with long term conditions, treatment-resistance, and multiple co-morbidities across a range of therapeutic modalities Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislationAn understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in NHS organisations and importance in patient careDesirableKnowledge of alternatives to inpatient admission care approachesExcellent knowledge of diverse range of interventions EssentialCommitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.DesirableExperience as an Educational Supervisor for traineesEvidence of organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education or multi-professional educationPost Graduate qualification in teaching EssentialExperience or involvement in a research project and publication.Experience of carrying out an audit project.Ability to supervise junior medical staff undertaking research projectsDesirableAbility to critically appraise published researchPublished audit project EssentialEvidence of management/leadership skills training.Evidence of management/leadership skills trainingAbility to identify, assess and manage riskDesirablePrevious management experience including that of other junior medical staffDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameAvon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS TrustAddressSandalwood CourtSwindonSN3 4WFUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameAvon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS TrustAddressSandalwood CourtSwindonSN3 4WFUnited KingdomEmployer's website