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Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry-PCLS
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust View all jobs
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Reference: 2380673
Job summary
We are seeking a Consultant psychiatrist to join the Primary Care Liaison Service in Swindon. The post is an established post which has become vacant due to the previous incumbent moving to another service within AWP. The post involves working as the Primary Care Liaison consultant for a single CMHT catchment are in Swindon.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership in the team, help triage referrals, assess patients and make recommendations on care, provide advice to colleagues on assessment and management, liaising and working closely with the Intensive Service, Community Mental Health Team and Primary Care. The consultant will work closely with the PCLS Manager to ensure that safe, efficient and high-quality service is delivered by the Team. The Consultant will also provide clinical supervision and management supervision for doctors reporting to them.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant will deliver advice to service users including undertaking assessments, anddetermining the most appropriate service provision to meet identified needs, including briefinterventions where required. The Consultant will supervise any medical staff providing inputinto the service. Work collaboratively with the Recovery, Intensive and Inpatient Services tofacilitate transitions through the care pathway The Consultant is expected to contribute tothe development of services in line with best practice and nationally accredited standards. The post holder will be expected to support the senior management to and participate instrategic development both within the local service and the wider Trust. The Consultant willalso be expected to provide leadership to their Team. The Consultant is expected to respondto Advice and Guidance requests within 3-5 working days in accordance with the PCLSStandard Operating Procedure. The requestors will primarily be GP, ARRS' Workers, RMN'sbased in GP surgeries, and at times, although scarce, other medical specialists based in Acuteand Community Hospitals. Regular attendance at the PCLS Team MDT meetings. To supportand participate in Clinical Governance and Audit To maintain competence to provide coverfor supervision of ECT junior doctor rota (along with all other consultants). To provide medicaland AC responsibility for patients within PCLS caseload from designated GP practices
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care
Details
Date posted
02 October 2026
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
342-RVN147-BSW-KR
Job locations
Sandalwood Court
Swindon
SN3 4WF
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- Relevant Higher Degree e.g MD,PHD,Msc or other additional clinical qualifications
- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of gaining CCT
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Desirable
- CCT in General Adult Psychiatry
Experience
Essential
- Experience of assessing and treating patients in an inpatient/community setting.
Personal Skills
Essential
- To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work
- Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations.
- Specific skills in working with people with long term conditions, treatment-resistance, and multiple co-morbidities across a range of therapeutic modalities
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.
- Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation
- An understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in NHS organisations and importance in patient care
Desirable
- Knowledge of alternatives to inpatient admission care approaches
- Excellent knowledge of diverse range of interventions
Teaching
Essential
- Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.
- Understand principles of teaching.
Desirable
- Experience as an Educational Supervisor for trainees
- Evidence of organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education or multi-professional education
- Post Graduate qualification in teaching
Research and Audit
Essential
- Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
- Experience of carrying out an audit project.
- Ability to supervise junior medical staff undertaking research projects
Desirable
- Ability to critically appraise published research
- Published audit project
Management
Essential
- Evidence of management/leadership skills training.
- Evidence of management/leadership skills training
- Ability to identify, assess and manage risk
Desirable
- Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- Relevant Higher Degree e.g MD,PHD,Msc or other additional clinical qualifications
- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of gaining CCT
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Desirable
- CCT in General Adult Psychiatry
Experience
Essential
- Experience of assessing and treating patients in an inpatient/community setting.
Personal Skills
Essential
- To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work
- Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations.
- Specific skills in working with people with long term conditions, treatment-resistance, and multiple co-morbidities across a range of therapeutic modalities
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.
- Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation
- An understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in NHS organisations and importance in patient care
Desirable
- Knowledge of alternatives to inpatient admission care approaches
- Excellent knowledge of diverse range of interventions
Teaching
Essential
- Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.
- Understand principles of teaching.
Desirable
- Experience as an Educational Supervisor for trainees
- Evidence of organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education or multi-professional education
- Post Graduate qualification in teaching
Research and Audit
Essential
- Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
- Experience of carrying out an audit project.
- Ability to supervise junior medical staff undertaking research projects
Desirable
- Ability to critically appraise published research
- Published audit project
Management
Essential
- Evidence of management/leadership skills training.
- Evidence of management/leadership skills training
- Ability to identify, assess and manage risk
Desirable
- Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Sandalwood Court
Swindon
SN3 4WF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Sandalwood Court
Swindon
SN3 4WF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)