Consultant Psychiatrist - Bicester Adult Mental Health Team
Bicester
Full Time
£113,565 - £150,569 per annum | pro rata
Expires: 26/10/2026
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Permanent
About the Role
Job overview
Are you ready to take the next step on your career and join us as our Consultant Psychiatrist at the Julier Centre in Bicester?
This is a full time 10PA position where you will join a newly established North East Oxfordshire AMHT (Based in Bicester) serving adults of working age in the town of Bicester and surrounding areas of Kidlington, Islip, Woodstock and Yarnton. This substantive consultant post has become available following a reorganisation of service and offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to the development of the team.
You'll provide senior clinical leadership, shape local pathways and contribute to service development across the interface between secondary care, primary care and community partners.
This is a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact to mental health care and patient recovery outcomes. We're looking for applicants who have full GMC registration and are on the Specialist Register or within six months of CCT. You'll need to be eligible for Section 12 Approval/Approved Clinician status or willing to apply for this once in post.
If you're a ready for a challenge and want to work for one of the UK's leading mental health Trusts, we would be delighted to receive your application.
Main duties of the job
- Provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the team. Medical responsibility for patients usually remains with the GP, except where a medical member of the team takes a patient on for continuing treatment. You will have responsibility for those patients seen by you, as well as those patients seen by medical staff under your supervision.
- Undertake MHA assessments and undertake RC responsibility for patients as required.
- Responsibility for those patients seen by yourself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by you
- Work alongside the whole AMHT team managers, service manager and the other consultant psychiatrists in the service to ensure the effective functioning and development of the service.
- Provide direct clinical supervision and line management to the trainees and speciality doctor and any senior trainee placed with the team
- Provide direct clinical care and ensure medical involvement in the CPA process and weekly multidisciplinary ward rounds. Family meetings, professionals’ meetings, further ad hoc patient reviews and seclusion reviews are expected as part of this role. The consultant will be expected to adhere to good clinical practice based on research evidence.
- Contribute to referral management with the team manager and leadership team. The post holder will jointly review care plans with care coordinators and attend daily FACT meetings.
Working for our organisation
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As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 35 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Bicester AMHT is based at Julier Centre in Bicester. The team serves adults aged 18 to 65 across a primarily urban and rural catchment area. The team receives around 300 referrals per year, with referral patterns evolving following the development of the PCMHT. The team holds a whole-team caseload of approximately 200 patients requiring longer-term treatment and coordinated multidisciplinary care. The consultant will hold 3 clinics a week, with an approximate ratio of 5 follow ups to one new assessment. The consultant will see approximately 1 to 2 new assessment per week, 10-14 follow ups and hold a caseload of approximately 200 patients.
The team works with adults presenting with significant clinical complexity, including severe and enduring mental illness, complex risk presentations and needs requiring coordinated multidisciplinary input. The Consultant Psychiatrist will provide direct assessment and treatment, while also offering senior clinical oversight of the wider caseload through MDT discussion, care planning and complex case review. The post offers a varied clinical role, including typically one to two new assessments per week, follow-up clinics and complex reviews within a secondary care CMHT model.
Interviews for this role are due to be held on Wednesday 11 November via Teams.
Person specification
Qualifications and Registration
Essential criteria
- Medical degree
- Full GMC registration
- Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview)
- Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/ Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post
Desirable criteria
- MSc or higher degree
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- 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
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of clinical work in Adults of Working Age at SpR, SAS/Specialist grade or consultant level within the last 3 years
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
- Experience of working at consultant level in a community environment.
Documents to Download
Consultant Psychiatrist Bicester JD (PDF, 342.0KB)
Functional requirements (PDF, 96.7KB)
Recruiter Contact Details
Name: Dr Vivek Khosla
Title: Associate Medical Director
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01865 902610