Specialty Doctor in Psychosis Service

Main area Psychiatry Grade NHS Medical & Dental:
Specialty Doctor Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job
-CYP-EAST-8394511

Site East Early Intervention in Psychosis Team, Washwood Heath Health & Wellbeing Centre Town Birmingham Salary £63,696 - £102,689 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/11/2026 23:59

Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

We are seeking to recruit a Specialty Doctor to join our East Early Intervention in Psychosis Service. This service forms part of the overall Community Mental Health provision in the City of Birmingham and works closely with other specialty teams, providers and services to deliver a high quality service.

The clinical base is The Washwood Heath Wellbeing Centre, 4 Clodeshall Road, Birmingham B8 3SN
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The service comprises specialist and dedicated mental health professionals including psychiatrists, senior mental health practitioners, clinical psychologist, occupational therapist and psychotherapists. The post older will work under the supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist and will have a close working relationship with members of the MDT and liaison with other doctors in primary and secondary care.

The successful postholder should hold full registration with the GMC and have completed at least two years experience or training in psychiatry.

The Specialty Doctor will be a member of the EIP MDT at The Washwood Heath Centre and support the East EIP MDT Team. They will be involved in the assessment and management of young people (16-35 years) with mental ill health and neurodevelopmental conditions. The post holder will also contribute to providing psychiatric and medical risk management and co-work with multi-agency professionals such as social services.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. We provide a comprehensive health care service to those people living in Birmingham and Solihull who are experiencing mental health problems. We serve a culturally and socially diverse population of over a million, spread over 172 square miles, have an annual budget of £760 million and a dedicated workforce of more than 6,000 staff – making us one of the largest and most complex mental health foundation trusts in the country.

Our catchment population is ethnically diverse and characterised in places by high levels of deprivation, low earnings and unemployment. These factors create a higher requirement for access to health services and a greater need for innovative ways of engaging people from the most affected areas. 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.

For a detailed description of the role and its main responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

• Recognised medical degree
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• Eligible for approval under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act.
• Completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be within a psychiatry training programme or as a fixed term specialty trainee within psychiatry; or have equivalent experience and competences.
• Commitment to personal…