Job overview

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist interested in being a part of the delivery and development of ground-breaking Mental Health Services?

We are recruiting for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership to the Adult Community Mental Health team based at Wallingford Community Hospital. The team is part of the well-established South Oxon Adults Community Mental Health Team. You will work alongside a dynamic multidisciplinary team made up of a variety of individuals including psychiatrists, psychologists, community psychiatric nurses, approved social workers, occupational therapists and support workers, providing the individual with a whole range of support.

The Trust is committed to high quality teaching and training for medical students, post graduate trainees in psychiatry, specialty doctors, students and other professionals. You'll provide direct clinical supervision and line management with opportunities to develop your skills in these areas.

We offer rewarding career development with protected SPA time as part of your job plan, encouraging you to take leadership courses to enhance your skills. We also offer a relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for external applicants (subject to eligibility criteria). 

Could this be the next step in your career? Come and join one of the UK's leading mental health Trusts and be part of a successful service delivering health services in the community to adults of working age.

Main duties of the job

With the changing circumstances of modern mental healthcare, the ability to adapt and demonstrate new ways of working is essential. You will have experience of working in General Adult Psychiatry and have great interpersonal skills working with colleagues to work collaboratively with our team managers, and to provide leadership and clinical expertise to our highly skilled and committed multidisciplinary teams.

You will provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the community mental health team and will be responsible for patients seen directly by you, as well as those seen by medical staff under your direct supervision.

You'll assess new routine, urgent and emergency referrals from other agencies alongside other clinicians, provide consultation to non-medical clinicians and offer ongoing management for patients requiring longer term care.

Working for our organisation

This is an exciting time to join Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and become part of the Oxfordshire adult service. 

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust which has been rated as good by the CQC is a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do.

Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 35 days with continuous service
• Study leave allowances
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Staff accommodation
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme and dedicated Health and Wellbeing Team

We value our staff and believe investing in you is central to delivering outstanding care. We particularly welcome clinicians seeking dedicated PAs for leadership, research, training or other special interests. 

Strong supervision, robust operational structures and an excellent track record of CPD.  There are good links with Oxford University, with opportunities for teaching, research and offering placements to trainees.

We are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working.  If you would like to work differently or different hours to those advertised, then please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.