Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (1 in 20 on-call)
- Job ref
- 327-26-364-A
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Honeybourne and Laurel House
- Town
- Cheltenham
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Psychiatrist - Inpatient Recovery Units (Rehabilitation)
Consultant
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Job overview
We are excited to be able to advertise a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership to the Inpatient Recovery Units based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. This is a post vacated by a retiring Consultant Psychiatrist.
Honeybourne Recovery Unit (10 beds) and Laurel House Recovery Unit (13 beds) are stand-alone facilities located on the St Paul's campus in Cheltenham. The majority of patients will have a psychotic illness as the primary diagnoses and range of stays between 6 to 18 months.
The job will entail acting as the responsible clinician to the patients.
This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are 10 sessions per week (1 in 20 on-call).
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job include the clinical care of patients. Working with the MDT to devise comprehensive clinical management plan for the rehabilitation of the patients within the service.
The role also includes managerial aspects such as supervision of specialty doctor and any trainees.
Further information can be found in the attached job description.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We encourage a healthy work-life balance and we have regular away days.
Our medical directorate also supports Consultants through positive relationships with the LNC and Medical Staffing Committee.
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information.
The post is advertised as full time however there is the potential to negotiate a less than full time job plan.
If you have recently applied for a Psychiatry Consultant post there is no need to reapply, please email the Recruitment Team at [email protected] to inform them of interest in this post.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to ask.
The Trust is required to work in line with the Government’s UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Basic Medical Qualification GMC registered. On GMC Specialist Register, or eligible for such inclusion. Specialist Registrars within 6 months of their CCT date at the time of interview. Approved Clinician/S12 approval or eligibility for approval.
Desirable criteria
- MRCPsych. Training or experience in inpatients, crisis, AOT and/or substance misuse psychiatry.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Higher specialist training or extensive UK experience in acute psychiatry.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of ‘Recovery’ working at consultant or advance trainee level.
SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Understanding of wider NHS context and recent policy developments.
Desirable criteria
- Management, Audit, Research or Business experience.
PERSONAL SKILLS AND QUALITIES
Essential criteria
- Effective leadership Good interpersonal skills Commitment to supervising junior staff.
Desirable criteria
- Calm but dynamic Supportive Training in work-based placed assessments.
MOTIVATION
Essential criteria
- Willingness to accept lead clinician and management responsibilities for parts of the service.
Desirable criteria
- Ambitions to take part in the wider activities of the consultant role e.g. management Education, Governance, research.
OTHER RELEVANT FACTORS
Essential criteria
- Commitment to high quality service, full driving licence or able to make own transport
Desirable criteria
- To start as soon as possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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 Peter Dutton
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01452 894500
- Additional information
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