ConsultantPsychiatry

Consultant in General Adult Community Psychiatry

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

London

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

2 days ago

About the role

CNWL are currently looking for a full time permanent Consultant Psychiatrist, to provideinput to a high functioning communitymental health team as part of a multi-disciplinary service (South Kensington Mental Health Hub -CMHH). The role is to provide a comprehensive assessment and NICEconcordant treatment to all patients requiring secondary community mental health services input. AAC to be held on 4-Dec-2026 *Job Description pending Royal College approval*

This post is a full time (1.00 WTE - 10 sessions) Consultant Psychiatrist replacement post in our South Community Mental Health Hub (CMHH). The South K&C Community Mental Health Hub is based at 1 Nightingale Place and at Violet Melchatt, 30 Flood Walk (the triage function of the SK&C CMHH).

The team is multi-disciplinary and well resourced. It consists of two PCNs (Brompton PCN and South Kensington and Chelsea PCN). The South Hub team's caseload is around 600-650 patients. It receives on average 25-30 new referrals per week and approximately around 100-120 patients are transferred back to primary care per month. The team works closely with St Charles Hospital (inpatient unit) and HTT to ensure that there is appropriate throughput through the services.

Consultant in General Adult Community Psychiatry

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

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Kensington and Chelsea is an inner London area with a mixed, diverse population with some of the most wealthy and most deprived areas of London. There is a high mental health morbidity and the North west London ICB is committed to a high spend on mental health services.Kensington and Chelsea (K&C) adult mental health service provides a range of mental health services for adults across the age range within the community and in hospital settings. These services are based at:o St Charles Hospital with 8 inpatient wards: two adult PICUs, four adult acute wards, two Older Adult wards and Mental Health Crisis Assessment unit (MHCAS)o Community Mental Health Hubs (CMHH) - north and south community team bases for adult MH services including Psychology and Psychotherapy serviceso older and younger adult psychiatric liaison services based at South Kensington site, next to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with health psychology serviceso KCW Early Intervention Serviceo K&C Home Treatment Team (HTT)o Mental Health Act Team (AMHP Team)o Psychology and Psychotherapy Services including Clinical Psychologists embedded in the CMHHs and inpatient unit, Arts Psychotherapy, and other specialist family and individual psychotherapieso Re-FoCUS Team (community forensic service) at Hathaway House

Person specification

Essential

Primary Medical Degree
Full GMC Registration
Inclusion on the Specialist Register (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
Section 12 MHA Approved
AC approval
Experience of assessment and treatment of mental disorders in an acute psychiatric setting
Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams
Proficient in risk assessment and management.
Experience of use of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act in an inpatient psychiatric setting
Evidence of completed clinical audit projects
Evidence of undergraduate and postgraduate trainee teaching
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Sound organisational skills

Desirable

MRCPsych (or equivalent)
Higher degree (MSc, LLM, MD or PhD)
Management and leadership training
Management qualification and/or extensive knowledge and expertise acquired through training and experience up to doctoral level.
Experience of service development/business planning
Completed research projects
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
High level knowledge of planned developments at a national level to improve efficiency and deliver quality services

Experience of teaching non-medical staff/carers

Evidence of evidence based medicine training, teaching and implementation

Training and experience of relevant therapies

Demonstration of ability to innovative practice and service improvement