The post is a part-time consultant psychiatrist role, 8 PA, in the Adult Mental Health Team at Wantage Community Hospital, run by Oxford Health NHS Trust. It carries consultant responsibility for the team's patients, alongside senior clinical leadership, complex case formulation and risk assessment within multidisciplinary working. The team serves working-age adults in Wantage and works closely with primary care and the Primary Care Mental Health Teams. Applicants need full GMC registration, Specialist Register eligibility or CCT within six months, and Section 12 approval or willingness to apply once in post.
What the job involves
- Provide senior clinical leadership and expert psychiatric input, including complex case formulation, risk assessment and decisions in high-risk or diagnostically challenging presentations
- Take responsibility for patients you see and for those seen by medical staff under your supervision
- Act as senior clinical decision-maker in MDT forums and give specialist psychiatric advice across the service, supporting recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and evidence-based care
- Provide direct assessment and treatment, typically one to two new assessments and follow-up clinics each week, with a caseload of about 150 to 200 patients
- Provide senior oversight of the wider caseload through MDT discussion, care planning and complex case review
- Provide clinical supervision and line management to trainees, the speciality doctor and any senior trainee placed with the team, including one hour weekly psychiatry supervision per trainee in an accredited training post
- Provide joined-up clinical and operational leadership with the Team Manager
- Work with the service manager, team managers and consultant colleagues to ensure the effective functioning and development of the service
- Shape local pathways and contribute to integrated community mental health services across secondary care, primary care and community partners
What's required
Qualifications
- Medical degree
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
- Eligible for GMC Specialist Register, or Specialist Registrar within six months of CCT at interview
- Eligible for Section 12 approval (Mental Health Act) or Approved Clinician status, or willing to apply once in post
Experience
- Clinical work in the specialty at SpR, SAS/specialist or consultant level within the last three years
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of applying the Mental Health Act
- Audit or other quality improvement experience
- Experience teaching resident doctors
- Experience teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
- Experience teaching non-medical mental health professionals
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to culturally sensitive practice
- Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
- Good teaching and communication skills
Nice to have
- MSc or higher degree
- Additional clinical qualifications
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent
- Medical education qualification
- Experience of service development and introducing new mental health services
- Experience of working at consultant level in an inpatient environment
- Experience of grant-funded project work
What's offered
- 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 35 days with continuous service
- Competitive pension scheme
- Protected SPA time and funded leadership courses
- Relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for external applicants, subject to eligibility criteria
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
