Consultant Psychiatrist Job at Remedium Partners

Consultant Psychiatrist

Remedium Partners

Location:
United Kingdom

Category:
Nursing

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

109725.00 - 145478.00 GBP / Year

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Job Description:

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join a progressive Mental Health service in Wales. This post is available on a substantive or locum basis and offers the opportunity to work within an established multidisciplinary team that delivers high-quality community and crisis mental health services. The successful candidate will play a key leadership role in service development, outpatient care, crisis pathways, and modernisation of mental health services, including support for a developing 24-hour single point of admission and triage model. Applicants with 1 year of NHS experience are encouraged to apply.

Job Responsibility:

Provide Consultant-led psychiatric care for adult patients in community mental health settings
Undertake specialist psychiatric assessments, including history taking, mental state examination, diagnosis and treatment planning
Hold responsibility for outpatient caseload management and ongoing Care & Treatment Plans
Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams including nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers and support staff
Participate in weekly MDT meetings, referral meetings and service planning discussions
Conduct medication reviews, risk assessments and crisis management planning
Support transitions between inpatient and community services
Participate in developing crisis response and 24/7 triage pathways
Supervise junior doctors and other clinicians where appropriate
Participate in audit, governance, appraisal, CPD and quality improvement programmes
Contribute to the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate staff
Participate in the Consultant on-call rota (currently 1:14 non-residential)

Requirements:

Full GMC Registration
Licence to Practise
On the GMC Specialist Register in Psychiatry or eligible for CCT within 6 months
MRCPsych or equivalent psychiatric qualification
Minimum 1 year NHS experience
Previous NHS Psychiatry experience
Experience managing adult mental health patients
Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
Experience teaching undergraduate/postgraduate clinical staff
Experience in clinical audit and governance
Ability to improve and modernise services
Strong clinical leadership and decision-making
Excellent communication with patients, carers and colleagues
Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands
Compassion, empathy and professionalism
Commitment to continuous improvement
Strong teamwork across agencies and disciplines
Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Good IT and digital systems awareness

Nice to have:

Approved Clinician status or eligibility is desirable
Research in mental health
Change management/service transformation experience
Mental Health Act responsibilities as an Approved Clinician
Leadership or management experience

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 03, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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