Consultant Psychiatrist MHLS Walsall

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

1 x Consultant for Walsall Manor Hospital (Walsall)

We are delighted to recruit to a Consultant Grade Psychiatrist as part of Core 24 Service in the Black Country. Applications are invited for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to lead services in the acute Hospital in Walsall. This vacancy has arisen as the result of service development in keeping with the Core24 requirement.

Main duties of the job

The post is for Consultant Psychiatrists in age independent acute Liaison Psychiatry to cover the acute hospital. The post holder will lead liaison mental health services by working closely with the service manager and a multi-disciplinary team comprising predominantly of nurses, speciality doctor, and 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 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

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

Job Description and Person Specification to follow awaiting Royal College approval.

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, with 3% of salary for on-call.