Speciality doctor for Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and Crisis Team


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£63,696 - £102,689
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Gloucester, GL1 3WL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Aug 2026
Closing date:	31 Aug 2026

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Summary

PICU Component of the Role (6PA): You will provide senior Psychiatric support to Greyfriars PICU. This will include working with medical colleagues, the wider MDT and the patients supporting system. You will be expected to independently review and assess patients on the unit and make decisions on treatment, under Consultant supervision. You will support the Resident Doctors and nursing team to ensure that the patients physical health needs are assessed and continuously attended to. You will support the MDT through liaison with clinical colleagues from the Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment Teams and the Recovery (Community MH) Teams to ensure that there are clear goals for a purposeful inpatient admission (including PICU specific goals) and that the earliest safe discharge (or step-down) can be achieved once these goals have been achieved. You will support the Ward Consultant/Responsible Clinician will be providing written and oral evidence at Mental Health Act Managers Meetings and Review Tribunals. CRHTT (4PA): You will participate in the morning handover and MDT discussion to ensure that there is psychiatric input to the daily decision making for patients under the team. You will provide face-to-face psychiatric assessment and reviews for both patients under the team and new referrals, predominantly at the patients home (although some work may take place at the team base). There is no expectation of lone working. These assessments will include formulating a provisional diagnosis and management plan, including consideration of risks and safety, and the most appropriate setting for their care. The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

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