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Consultant Psychiatrist in All Age Liaison Psychiatry

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 24 Ebrill 2025
Cyflog: Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Oriau: Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau: 24 Mai 2025
Lleoliad: Birmingham, B15 2TH
Cwmni: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd: Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd: 7161683/436-MEDICAL-CONS-QEH

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A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.


We are seeking to recruit a motivated Consultant Psychiatrist to join our multi-disciplinary Psychiatric Liaison Team in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Birmingham, to provide senior medical input and leadership. The QEH is a general hospital with an approximate 1200 patient base in Birmingham under University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust. The Psychiatric Liaison service is provided by the Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT).

Applicants will require full GMC registration with a licence to practice and be approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act. You will need to be included on the Specialist Register; or be within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in General Psychiatry and/or Old Age Psychiatry; or included in the Specialist Register through CESR.

You will assess patients referred from the QEH Emergency Department or wards to the Psychiatrist Liaison Team or advise and supervise assessments by other clinicians within your team in a timely manner. You will be responsible for providing ongoing care to patients allocated to you, and hold Responsible Clinician status where appropriate. Another significant aspect of this role is the assessment of service users brought in on a Section 136 to the Place of Safety at the hospital. You will also be asked to run a clinic for HIV positive patients presenting with mental health issues.

BSMHFT provides psychiatric liaison services across four general hospitals - QEH, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Heartlands and Solihull Hospital. You will work as part of the wider medical team for mutual cover arrangements and contribute to the general adult consultant on call rota.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details of the role and responsibilities of this post.

If you are seeking a varied and exciting role where no two days are the same, this is the opportunity for you.

BSMHFT aims to support all staff to fulfil their potential and provide the best quality care for our patients. We encourage involvement in educational and management roles, research and innovation and special interest sessions. We can support with relocation, if required, and provide annual leave above national terms and conditions of service.


This advert closes on Thursday 8 May 2025

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