Consultant in General Adult Community Psychiatry


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£113,565 to £150,569 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SW10 9NG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	26 Oct 2026
Closing date:	15 Nov 2026

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Summary

The post holder will have principal duties to provide clinical care to Kensington and Chelsea patients under South CMHH. They will be supported by the MDT team that includes a Specialist Registrar, and a Core resident doctor (CT1-3), a Foundation year doctor (FY) as well as other professionals such as pharmacist, psychologists, occupational therapists and employment specialists. The post holder will provide joint leadership with the manager, for the performance culture of the team, ensuring best practice is employed, and that the Trusts quality and productivity targets are met. They will promote good clinical care for all patients for both their mental health and physical health. The post holder will adopt a pragmatic leadership style, thus ensuring collaborative working both at a clinical and an operational level. The post holder will be expected to participate in Quality Improvement and service evaluation projects and will be encouraged to support any research which may be relevant to either short or long-term service improvement. Together with the team manager and another Consultant colleague, the post holder will provide overall clinical leadership for the South K&C Community Mental Health Hubs multidisciplinary team as well as direct clinical assessments and consultations including the following: Medical input, consultation, clinical leadership and overall RC responsibility for patients. Medical input and leadership in care planning and risk assessment for all patients under care of South CMHH Responsible Clinician with responsibilities of attendance at and report-writing for Mental Health Tribunals and Managers hearings. Regular clinical liaison with the Inpatient Consultants, other Community Mental Health Teams and the Home Treatment Team. Mental Health Act and Responsible Clinician ApprovalThe post holder would be expected to be accredited as an Approved Clinician or achieve this within 3 months of commencement.The post-holder would be expected to be approved under Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures. Teaching CommitmentsTo include:1.An active role in the postgraduate teaching programme, which consists of a local academic meeting on Wednesday lunchtime. This meeting includes a Journal Club and case presentations.2.Teaching of medical students who regularly attend ward rounds as part of their psychiatric experience. Support is also given to work experience students when applicable.3.Supervision of the resident doctors allocated to the team. This must meet Royal College of Psychiatrists standards of clinical and educational supervision. Management1.The post holder will be a member of the Medical Staff Committee of CNWL.2. The post holder will be expected to take part in various committees and project teams relating to service developments. This will be done in discussion with the Borough and Clinical Directors. On-call responsibilities1. The Consultant will participate in the KCW wide consultants non-resident on-call rota and abide by the on-call policy. This is a low intensity rota with a current frequency of 1:14 (pro rata) and attracts a 3% on-call supplement.2. ST4-6 and specialty doctors provide second on-call cover on a rota basis. Consultants provide clinical supervision for doctors in training grades on-call on an as required basis. Supervision for broader training issues arising out of on-call work is normally raised with the trainees designated educational supervisor.3. First on-call cover is provided by Core trainees and GPVTS

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