Consultant Psychiatrist, Birkenhead Community Mental Health

Overview

In this role you will lead and shape psychiatric care within the Birkenhead Community Mental Health Team, working with a broad consultant network across the trust footprint. You will supervise junior medical staff, contribute to service planning, and participate in annual appraisals and on-call rotas. The post includes engagement with academic activities and ongoing professional development. You will help ensure high-quality, service-wide delivery of care in a patient-centred, collaborative environment.

Pay / Benefits

• P2C induction programme
• Disability Confident Employer
• Rainbow Badge Scheme member
• Veteran Aware organisation
• Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award
• DBS check (cost borne by applicant)

Responsibilities

• Supervise and appraise junior medical staff and assess competences under MMC framework
• Perform administrative duties related to patient care and ensure accurate activity recording
• Participate in locality and mental health service planning and annual consultant appraisals
• Engage in the Trust’s academic programme and CPD activities
• Maintain GMC registration, MHA/MCA duties, and on-call responsibilities
• Contribute to service development and management with local managers and colleagues

Key requirements

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Fully GMC registered with licence to practise
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months
• Approved clinician status or achievable within 3 months
• Approved under S12 or achievable within 3 months
• Excellent specialty knowledge and clinical skills with bio-psycho-social approach
• Evidence-based and collaborative decision-making
• Ability to meet MHA and MCA duties

• Excellent written and spoken English communication
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Strong collaboration and teamwork
• Biomedical and psychosocial clinical assessment
• Psychiatry knowledge with wide medical knowledge
• Experience with modernising medical careers frameworks

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