Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry -CMHT

We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to join our CMHT in Basingstoke, Mid & North Hampshire Division. The post holder will be based at The Bridge Centre, Basingstoke and will become part of a team of consultants working in the Community., This post is for a full time Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health to join our North Hampshire CMHT based in Basingstoke. It has arisen due to the relocation of one of the team's consultants. The post holder will work alongside a number of substantive consultants and associate specialists and a multi-disciplinary team. The division is undergoing a community mental health transformation, aligning our teams and consultant posts with Primary Care Networks linked with a range of community services based on local population need. This includes primary care additional roles (ARs) posts providing a primary care mental health team to bridge the gap between GP care and secondary mental health care. This team involves a mixture of wellbeing workers, social prescribers, nursing, GP, therapy and pharmacists. We are looking for an enthusiastic psychiatrist who is keen to be part of the CMHT service at this exciting time, offering sound clinical care to our local population and effective clinical leadership to the team. The post-holder will join 5 other senior medical colleagues within the two North Hampshire and Basingstoke CMHTs covering the Basingstoke and North Hampshire area with a catchment of approx. 170,000, aligned with 6 PCNs. The post aligns with local Primary Care Networks to facilitate closer working with primary care colleagues and hence responsiveness to our local population.

Why work with us?

• Centre of excellence within Wessex research network
• Centre for Professional Development in Mental Health, a diverse programme of high quality multi-professional courses, involving the participation of national and international experts
• 'New Consultants' Development Programme' - We've established this to create a network through your first year with the Trust combining a tailored development programme and coaching with organisational understanding.
• The Trust has adopted a strong Quality Improvement agenda and there is the opportunity for training in this methodology.
• Protected "off-site" time for CPD can be incorporated as part of the job planning process.
• Free parking at many of our sites, including Parklands.
• Locally we have a relatively small but cohesive and supportive consultant group, meeting weekly with our consultant colleagues in Adult Mental Health and Older Persons Mental Health. Here, alongside business and service development agendas there is a strong peer support and clinical focus.
• Access to an excellent local Postgraduate Academic Programme to cater for CPD requirements
• There is also a monthly Balint Group for Senior Medical staff.