Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health Rehabilitation Service in Devizes

Job summaryWe are seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join the Primary Care Liaison Service in Wiltshire. 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 North, West and East Wiltshire. The post is supported by a Specialty Doctor.The consultant (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. There is a weekly interface meeting which is attended by PCLS, CMHTs, Primary Care Psychology and North Wiltshire Intensive Service. The consultant will work closely with the PCLS Manager to ensure that a 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 input in to the service.To actively participate in clinical supervision.Work collaboratively with the Recovery, Intensive and Inpatient Services to facilitate transitions through the care pathway according to the identified care cluster.Responsible with the team members for the identification of appropriate care cluster and identifying service users who require access to specialist servicesUnderstand and participate in the maintenance, monitoring and evaluation of service specific performance indicators and targets.The requestors will primarily be GP, ARRS' Workers, RMN's based in GP surgeries, and at times, although scarce, other medical specialists based in Acute and Community HospitalsTraining and supervision of junior medical staffMedical and MDT teaching and supervisionRegular attendance at the PCLS Team MDT meetings.Participate in QIAbout 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 care.DetailsDate 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 a community setting. EssentialAbility to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations. EssentialCommitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.EssentialExperience or involvement in a research project and publication.Experience of carrying out an audit project. EssentialEvidence of management/leadership skills training. 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 a community setting. EssentialAbility to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations. EssentialCommitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.EssentialExperience or involvement in a research project and publication.Experience of carrying out an audit project. EssentialEvidence of management/leadership skills training.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). 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 TrustAddressGreen Lane HospitalDevizesSN10 5DSUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameAvon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS TrustAddressGreen Lane HospitalDevizesSN10 5DSUnited KingdomEmployer's website