Specialty Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Main area Psychiatry Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor Contract Fixed term: 7 months (Maternity Cover) Hours Full time – 10 sessions per week Job ref 436-MEDICAL-8221671-MC
Site Orsborn House Town Birmingham Salary £63,696 – £102,689 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/09/2026 23:59
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit to a Specialty Doctor post within our Ladywood & Handsworth CMHT in Birmingham.
Responsibilities of the post will include assessing new referrals from GPs and other referrers, including transfers from Home Treatment teams and internal transfers from other teams within the Trust, making an appropriate diagnosis, formulating management plans in the short term and long term.
The CMHT works very much in a multi-disciplinary way. Doctors work closely with the other members of the CMHT (Resident doctors, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), an excellent group of CPNs, OTs, psychologists and psychotherapists with various approaches, physical health practitioners, and dietician).
The successful candidate will require at least four years postgraduate training of which two will be within a psychiatry training programme or equivalent psychiatry experience.
Main duties of the job
Our CMHTs have made progress in implementing the Long Term Community Mental Health Transformation plan which means less focus on static caseloads and more focus on partnership working across Primary Care, Secondary Care, the local authority and the voluntary sector.
The role of the Specialty Doctor will be to provide assessments for patients with mental health difficulties referred to the team and to develop risk assessment and management plans with the multi-disciplinary team, service user, carers and other involved agencies. There may also be the requirement to undertake Mental Health Act assessments, therefore eligibility for approval under Section 12(2) of the MHA will be required.
We offer a Trust and local induction programme and support the West Midlands RCPsych Mentorship scheme and encourage all new doctors to identify a mentor to support with transitional steps. There is a monthly peer-group meeting of Specialty Doctors (which includes teaching sessions), which the post holder will be encouraged to attend. There is also an MRCPsych course for Resident doctors which the Specialty Doctor will be welcome to join if they wish.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a detailed description of the role and its main responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Scoring
- Recognised medical degree
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Eligible for approval under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act.
- Completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be within a psychiatry training programme or as a fixed term specialty trainee within psychiatry; or have equivalent experience and competences
- Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
- At least two years experience of working in psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness.
- Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
- Commitment to clinical audit and quality improvement within multi-disciplinary team.
- Flexibility and adaptability to respond to changing service needs.
- Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrable interest in the provision of gender sensitive mental health service
- Able to travel across the community base area
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
- Broad clinical training in psychiatry including both inpatient and community service
- Experience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population.
- Experience of providing psychological and/or social interventions
- Experience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project
- Completed clinically relevant audit projects
- Skills in working with individuals who are difficult to engage.
Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case by case basis.
Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust. The Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.
All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your second week with us.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, please ensure that you check if this role meets the eligibility criteria for sponsorship. Non UK /Republic of Ireland candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) . The minimum salary threshold for a Health and Social Care is £25,000 and for the Skilled Worker route is £38,700. If the starting salary for this role is below this, we will not be able to provide sponsorship.
Relocation expenses may be reimbursed subject to eligibility. The policy provides for reimbursement up to £8,000.
Please note – if you are applying for a role within Police custody, due to Police Vetting requirements you must have been a UK resident for the last years.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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