Consultant Psychiatrist

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

1 x Consultant for Hallam Street Hospital, West Bromwich

(JD currently with Royal College for approval)

We are delighted to recruit to a Consultant Grade Psychiatrist as part of the General Adult Sandwell Team at Black Country. Applications are invited for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist for General Adult Psychiatry in West Bromwich. This vacancy has arisen as the result of service development.

Main duties of the job

The post is for a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist working in Hallam Street Hospital, West Bromwich. The post holder will lead General Adult mental health team services by working closely with the service manager and a multi-disciplinary team comprising predominantly of nurses, a specialty doctor, and a psychologist. The post holder will join the peer group of Consultants providing comprehensive mental health services as part of Community Mental Health Teams in each locality. We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled clinician who will lead the MDT and who will take a keen interest in teaching, training, and service development. The post holder will work full time to a 10 PA Job Plan.

About us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region, we provide:

• Adult and older adult mental health services
• Specialist learning disability services
• CAMHS

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Combining resources, strategies, and a talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.

We currently employ over 3,000 members of staff, and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification Qualifications

• GMC Registration

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.

Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 a year + 3% of salary for on-call.