Job summary
- Main area
- General Adult Psychiatry (community)
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- 12 months (12 month fixed term contract (or secondment))
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 267MS6617804-D
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Warneford Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £63,696 - £102,689 Per annum pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor - Community AMHT City & North East
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Specialty Doctor to join our City and North East AMHT based at the Warneford Hospital on a 12 month fixed term contract (or secondment opportunity).
You'll undertake comprehensive psychiatric assessments, deliver evidence-based treatment, and work collaboratively with patients and their families to support recovery. You will manage a varied caseload, providing care for routine, urgent, and emergency referrals, while working closely within a multidisciplinary team under Consultant supervision.
The role offers a diverse clinical experience, including conducting mental state examinations, prescribing in line with NICE guidance, contributing to triage and Mental Health Act assessments, and delivering three clinics per week (new and follow-up patients). You will also liaise with referrers, provide timely clinical documentation, and contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.
This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a supportive team that values teaching, professional development, and innovation in line with national mental health strategies. Section 12 approval (or eligibility) is desirable.
Join us and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred mental health care in the community.
Main duties of the job
The Specialty Doctor psychiatrist will be based at Oak Team, Warneford Hospital. The specialty doctor is expected to work closely with other members of the team. Key components of the role include:
• Providing Psychiatric expertise to the MDT
• Contributing to assessments, treatment planning and reviews
• Liaising with other services eg Primary care where appropriate.
• Supporting quality improvement and service developments
Working for our organisation
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave per annum pro-rata on appointment to the grade increasing to 32 days after two years in the grade and 35 days after seven years
- NHS Discount
- Pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
There are 3 AMHTs across Oxfordshire. They are North and West (bases in Banbury and Witney), Oxford City and North East (bases in Oxford City and Bicester), and South (bases in Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage and Wallingford in Oxfordshire), with satellite clinics based throughout the county in market towns.
AMHTs in the North and West, and the South provide care 7 days per week, 7am to 9pm but the City is Monday to Friday 9am to 5 pm due to additional care available from a Crisis team. Consultants work part time across the week, covering 9 to 5 Monday to Friday and provide senior leadership to the team alongside the Operational Manager and non-medical Clinical Lead of each team. Staff within the AMHTs work around Consultants and catchment areas that correspond as much as possible to specific geographical areas and GP surgeries. This enables maximum familiarity with these patients and better links with the corresponding GPs in their Primary Care Networks (PCN).
The AMHT’s work closely with primary care, from where they receive most of their referrals. Our new Primary Care Hubs receive most routine referrals and AMHTs triage the remainder of referral and allocate patients for assessments, following which, patients may be taken on by members of the AMHT for acute or longer-term treatment or signposted to other services or agencies as appropriate.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- General medical qualification
Desirable criteria
- Some or all parts of MRCPsych or equivalent
Training
Essential criteria
- Shall have 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 in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at MRCPsych course or equivalent Section 12 (2) approval: Mental Health Act, 1983
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Held appointments in psychiatry at SHO/CT or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Experience at ST or SD level or equivalent
Ability
Essential criteria
- To exercise an intermediate level of clinical responsibility as delegated by the consultant in charge.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- To exercise an intermediate level of clinical responsibility as delegated by the consultant in charge.
- Ability to work through a collaborative multi-disciplinary framework.
- Ability to contribute to effective team working. Capacity to prioritise workload.
- Must have good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and staff of other organisations. Good spoken and written English.
- Work collaboratively and effectively with a range of professionals.
- Must have interest in and commitment to people with mental health problems, and their carers.
- Interest in teaching
Desirable criteria
- Teaching medical undergraduates.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- Driving Licence and own transport
- Good IT skills including typing
Professional Attributes
Essential criteria
- Meet specifications set out in GMC Guidance: Duties of a Doctor
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Vivek Khosla
- Job title
- Associate Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07887791621
- Additional information
Alternatively, please contact Dr Arabella Norman-Nott Consultant Psychiatrist on 01865 902 200
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