Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry – CMHT – IOW(UK Visa Sponsorship)

Job Description

Role Overview

This consultant post offers a rewarding opportunity for a motivated and forward-thinking psychiatrist to contribute to a transforming NHS organisation while maintaining safe, responsive, and high-quality mental health services.

The successful candidate will provide senior clinical leadership within community mental health services, supporting a multidisciplinary team to deliver patient-centred care across a range of pathways. The role may involve clinical input across community services, inpatient settings, crisis and home treatment teams, recovery services, and early intervention in psychosis.

As part of the Trust’s recruitment initiative, eligible appointees may receive a £30,000 Golden Hello, paid in staged instalments over two years, subject to terms and qualifying criteria.

Key Responsibilities

The consultant will play a central role in ensuring safe, effective, and recovery-focused care for adults with complex mental health needs.

Clinical Leadership

• Provide expert psychiatric assessment and formulation using a biopsychosocial approach.
• Support the multidisciplinary team (MDT) with clinical supervision, decision-making, and case management.
• Maintain a smaller, complex caseload to allow flexible and responsive intervention for high-risk or severely unwell patients.

Quality and Safety

• Promote evidence-based practice and recovery-oriented care planning.
• Lead on risk assessment, safeguarding, and safe clinical governance.
• Work collaboratively with carers, inpatient units, and community partners to ensure continuity of care.

Service Development

• Contribute to service improvement and outcome monitoring.
• Support MDT learning through teaching, supervision, and case discussions.
• Help shape integrated pathways across community and crisis services.

About the Organisation

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly formed organisation bringing together expertise from mental health, learning disability, community, and physical health services.

With a workforce of over 12,000 staff across hundreds of sites, the Trust is focused on:

• Delivering compassionate and accessible care
• Improving consistency of services
• Strengthening integrated working across the region
• Enhancing patient experience and clinical outcomes

The Trust operates under its CARE values — compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence — and is committed to supporting professional development and collaborative practice.

Essential Requirements

Applicants must demonstrate the following:

• Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a licence to practise
• GMC Registration and Licensing
• MRCPsych or an equivalent recognised qualification
• Eligibility for the Specialist Register, or within six months of receiving CCT in General Adult Psychiatry
• GMC Specialist Register Information
• Approval under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act
• Ability to provide senior clinical leadership within multidisciplinary settings
• The GMC maintains official registers to ensure doctors meet professional standards required to practise safely in the UK.

Compliance and Pre-Employment Checks

This role is subject to enhanced safeguarding and regulatory requirements.

Disclosure and Background Checks

• Appointment is conditional upon satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance.
• Overseas applicants must provide criminal record certificates from countries where they have lived for extended periods.
• Criminal Record Certificate Requirement (UK Government Guidance)
• Such certificates confirm whether an applicant has any previous offences or relevant legal history.

Visa Sponsorship

Applications from international candidates who require Skilled Worker visa sponsorship are welcomed.

Applicants working in healthcare roles may need to submit specific documentation, including criminal record certification where applicable.

Skilled Worker Visa – Required Documents

For certain visa routes, certificates may be required from countries where the applicant has lived for 12 months or more within the last 10 years.

Professional Registration

Candidates must hold current UK professional registration prior to appointment.

The GMC regulates doctors in the UK by maintaining official registers and ensuring practitioners meet required standards of competence and ongoing professional development.

General Medical Council – Our Registers

Why Join This Service?

• Opportunity to shape services within a newly integrated NHS Trust
• Senior leadership role with meaningful clinical influence
• Strong emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration
• Access to training, development, and research opportunities
• Financial incentive package including Golden Hello