Consultant in Neuropsychiatry
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, B15 2FG
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 September 2026
9 days left
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our internationally recognised Neuropsychiatry Service as a Consultant. The post holder will provide specia...
Providing clinical leadership and clinical expertise to support the work of multi-disciplinary teams, liaising with other agencies and contributing to the teaching and training of all professionals coming into contact with this patient group in relation to neuropsychiatry across the region.
The role will also include developing risk assessment and management plans in conjunction with the Multidisciplinary team, service user, carers and other involved agencies and facilitate maximum empowerment of the service user and carer in developing informed choice of treatment interventions.
The post holder will be the Responsible Clinician and be willing to undertake training to obtain section 12(2) MHA to undertake Mental Health Act assessments where appropriate.
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.
Scoring
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Obtained inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in General Adult Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register
- Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
- Experience in neuropsychiatry
- Substantial experience of psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness, preferably in a community setting
- Experience of providing psychological and/or social interventions
- Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
- Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team.
- Evidence of potential for effective leadership
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrable interest in the provision of gender sensitive mental health service
- Willingness to be involved in management of service
- Able to participate in Video Telemetry on-call rota
- Able to travel
Desirable
- Additional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field
- Broad clinical training including both inpatient and community service
- Experience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population.
- Experience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery
- Completed clinically relevant audit projects
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
26 August 2026
Last checked
28 August 2026
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