Consultant Psychiatrist within Rehabilitation Psychiatry

Consultant Psychiatrist within Rehabilitation Psychiatry

Consultant Psychiatrist within Rehabilitation Psychiatry

At Livewell Southwest CIC, our aim is to give the best possible care & support to people in the place they want to be and at the right time to enable them to live the best lives they can.

Would you like to work flexibly? The NHS is reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients & for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a home office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

To find out more about this exciting opportunity, please contact Dr Leanne Tozer, Clinical Lead at or Teresa Barrett, Medical Workforce Manager at or .

Interview to take place w/c 12th or 19th May 2025.

Main duties of the job

This post has been developed following an expansion to the service. The post provides Consultant Psychiatrist input to the Specialist Outreach Recovery Team in the community & the 9-bed female Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit. The split inpatient & outpatient role supports continuity of care for patients as they move through the recovery pathway & provides clinicians with flexibility in clinical decision making.

The successful applicant will work within an established & continually developing community team supported by a full range of MDT professions including a Specialty Doctor & an inpatient open recovery unit of 9-beds supported by a Resident Doctor.

Step into a role where your leadership will be valued, your ideas welcomed, & your career can truly thrive. Apply today & be part of a future-focused team dedicated to making a lasting impact on mental health services in Plymouth.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.

We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.

Valuing our employees and making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:

1. Protected CPD time for registered staff
2. Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
3. A bespoke induction programme
4. Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached supporting document for full Job Description - Consultant Psychiatrist within Rehabilitation Psychiatry.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Eligibility for full registration with GMC with a licence to practice.
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register in Psychiatry at the time of taking up the Post (Specialist Registrars applying in advance must be within six months of their CCT at the point of being interviewed).
• Eligibility for Section 12 and Approved Clinician Approval.
• Extensive experience in Community /Adult Psychiatry essential.
• RCPsych endorsement in Rehabilitation or Addiction Psychiatry.
• Higher academic Qualification (MSc, PhD or other relevant higher qualifications).
• Specialist areas e.g. Personality disorder, Eating disorders and Autistic Spectrum Disorders.
• Qualification in Teaching & Learning.

Experience

• Knowledge of Mental Health legislation.
• Participation in Continual Professional Development.
• Ability to offer expert psychiatric opinion on full range of emergency and routine clinical situations.
• Experience in community outreach psychiatry, experience in working in a Community/Rehabilitation/Inpatient Mental Health Team and CPA.
• Experience in Rehabilitation Adult Psychiatry is desirable.

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.