Consultant Psychiatrist - Rehabilitation Service

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to work equally across Willow Ward, our inpatient rehabilitation facility, and our new developing Open Mental Health Rehabilitation Team - an innovative new offering from Somerset FT in partnership with our VCSE colleagues. This is a full-time (10 PA per week) post based at various locations across the county. The service is actively considering full-time working over four days to enhance the working lives of prospective consultants. We will also consider partial remote working to support the wellbeing of our consultants. The post-holder will have an office, access to a laptop and mobile. The successful applicant will also have dedicated administrative and secretarial support. The consultant will collaborate with a full multi-disciplinary team and provide clinical leadership input. On call rota duties include senior medical and Responsible Clinician cover for the inpatient wards and S12 MHA work both in Trust premises and in the community. This is a 1 in 11 rota operating 5pm to 9am on weekdays; at the weekend, the rota operates from 9am on Saturday morning to 9am on Monday morning. The postholder will be encouraged to participate in the on-call rota although there is no contractual obligation to partake on call duties.