Consultant Psychiatrist – CMHT, Wiltshire

Overview

In this role you will lead and deliver psychiatric care within the WWKD Community Mental Health Team, covering Melksham and Trowbridge. You’ll provide direct clinical interventions, oversee assessment and treatment, and shape care plans for adults with complex needs. You will offer medical input and leadership to the CMHT, while collaborating with MDTs and GPs to ensure seamless patient pathways. This role combines clinical duties with governance, teaching, and involvement in research and audits. You will work in a community setting within a supportive, patient-centred organisation that prioritises wellbeing and collaborative care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct interventions with variable intensity, including assertive outreach for hard-to-engage service users
• Perform ongoing assessment, diagnoses, and treatment of mental and physical health needs
• Provide medical input and leadership to the WWKD CMHT, with patient responsibility from Melksham and Trowbridge surgeries
• Advise and participate in MDT meetings and team work
• Assess and treat outpatients in clinics and hold CPA meetings
• Visit patients at home when clinically indicated
• Liaise with other parts of the service, GPs, and non-NHS organisations; coordinate handovers with Intensive and Inpatient services
• Fulfil the Responsible Clinician role for patients under Community Treatment Orders

Key requirements

• MB BS (or equivalent medical qualification)
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent (essential)
• Fully registered with the GMC with licence to practise; Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT
• Experience of assessing and treating patients in a community setting
• Leadership and ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in adults of working age and manage crises
• Understanding of management skills required to function as a Consultant
• Commitment to undergraduate/postgraduate teaching
• Experience or involvement in a research project and publication; experience with audits
• Management/leadership skills training

• leadership
• collaboration in a multidisciplinary team
• time management and prioritisation
• excellent communication skills
• carers and staff engagement

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