Consultant in Adult Psychiatry CMHT

Dunstable Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) has undergone a process of transformation/ redesign in order to focus on providing prompt assessment and intervention at the point of need. By separating out some of the functions of a traditional CMHT, the new structure will additionally allow more of a focus on recovery for those with enduring mental health problems and those accessing CPA, within a linked recovery service.

Community mental healthcare will increasingly be provided closer to home, within primary care networks.

Dunstable CMHT has the following structure:

Closing date:27th July 2025

Interview date (AAC panel): 13th August 2025

Front-end blended teams with triage function + Providing care for complex patients not on CPA (PCN Case load)

Managing recovery-focused care of individuals on CPA. (Recovery Case load)

ADHD Case Load

The post-holder will provide clinical leadership to a community mental health team serving adults with acute and severe mental illness.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading the Dunstable team and weekly MDT meetings.

Conducting assessments, diagnoses, and treatment planning with a focus on recovery-oriented care.

Offering clinical guidance to GPs and collaborating with crisis, inpatient, and specialist teams to ensure continuity of care.

Fulfilling responsibilities under the Mental Health Act, including duties as an Approved Clinician and Section 12-approved psychiatrist.

Ensuring performance targets (KPIs) are met and working towards HTAS accreditation.

Supervising junior staff, delivering training, and leading quality improvement and audit activities.

Participating in the consultant duty rota and engaging in regular appraisal and job planning.

Candidates must be fully GMC registered with either a CCT or equivalent (Article 14), and have s12 approval.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are:
We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

For a detailed description of main duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

• Fully registered with the General Medical Council
• Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview).
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
• Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/ Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.
• A higher degree such as MD or PhD

• Experience of clinical work in Adult Psychiatry at SpR, SASG or consultant level within the last 3 years
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
• Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
• Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
• Robust experience of working with severe and enduring mental illness and risk assessment, management
• Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
• Experience of working at consultant level in a community environment

• Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
• Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
• Consultation skills to services, teams and individuals
• Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
• Commitment to working with service users on service development
• Formal leadership and management training
• Experience of team /service leadership
• Experience of organisational development work
• Project management ability

• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
• Self-motivating and…