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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK, with a national and international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in teaching and research.

Find out more about the Trust on their web-site at www.ouh.nhs.uk

Watch how OUH goes about delivering compassionate excellence on the ouhnhs YouTube channel

Contact

Address: Oxford Univ Hosps NHS Foundation Trust; OUHC HR Department,; 3rd Floor Unipart House Business Centre; Garsington Road; Oxford; Oxfordshire; OX4 2PG
Contact Number: 01865 741186

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Ref: 321-MS-CON-7630201-S5 Vacancy ID: 7630201

Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist (Psychological Medicine)

Accepting applications until: 01-May-2026 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 01-May-2026 23:59

Location

Gwefan: John Radcliffe Hospital
Cyfeiriad: Headley Way, Headington
Tref: Oxford
Cod post: OX3 9DU
Major / Minor Region: Oxfordshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Permanent: To be discussed with clinical lead

Oriau

Full time
Part time

10 sessions per week

Salary

Cyflog: £109,725 - £145,478 Per Annum
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Psychiatry

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.

For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx

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The John Radcliffe Hospital provides a full range of acute medical and surgical services including maternity, trauma, intensive care, cardiothoracic and clinical neurosciences services.

This post is predominantly focused on acute general medicine. The time spent seeing patients as part of the integrated team working and other activities will be agreed with the post-holder in their collaboratively produced job plan, which will in turn reflect the agreement with the relevant medical service. As an indicator of the direct patient care activity a consultant working in the medical team might expect to see on average 10 new and 20 follow patients each week.

As part of the consultant (emergency cover, daytime) rota , periodically the post-holder will also be expected to work at any of the Trust’s other locations: the Churchill Hospital which houses various specialties including renal and transplant, intensive care, haematology, oncology and palliative care services; the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, a specialist orthopaedic hospital, which also houses rheumatology and rehabilitation; and the Horton General Hospital (HGH) in Banbury, a smaller associated District General Hospital. The psychiatric service to the emergency departments is provided by the local mental health trust.

The post-holder will be a consultant of the Acute Trust and will work as a member of one or more of the Trusts’ medical teams.

The post-holder will have the opportunity to collaborate with academic colleagues on relevant clinical research projects.

The specific medical team (s) the appointee works in, will be negotiated according to availability and the applicants’ preference.

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

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Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification attached below, and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.

All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system, therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Meini prawf hanfodol

CCT in general adult psychiatry/ old age psychiatry or shortly to achieve CCT at time of interview (within 6 months) or CESR
GMC with licence to practice
Successfully completed training in general psychiatry/old age psychiatry including some recent experience in a medical setting
Recognised Medical Degree

Meini prawf dymunol

CCST sub-specialty accreditation in liaison psychiatry or CCT in general adult psychiatry with equivalent to one year’s supervised training in liaison psychiatry
Section 12 and Approved Clinician (or eligibility for Section 12 and Approved Clinician)
Training in other relevant specialties

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

Significant recent experience in adult and/or old age psychiatry
Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems

Meini prawf dymunol

Experience working in medical settings
Previous experience of working at consultant level

Skills and Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol

Evidence of ability to provide leadership to a multidisciplinary clinical team at the level required of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
Effective administrative and time management skills.
Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork.
Able to work flexibly in response to the changing needs of services.
Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
Good written English.
Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work effectively with physicians, surgeons, nurses and other staff who have not had specific mental health training.
Evidence of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training including medical students.
Ability to provide training and education to staff who have not had specific mental health experience / training.
Ability to provide training and education to staff who have not had specific mental health experience / training.
Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities.
Evidence of understanding of clinical research and experience of audit and/or research.

Meini prawf dymunol

Evidence of reflection on own practice.
Training or experience in clinical management.
Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS
Evidence of significantly enhanced capability in a relevant area of psychiatry.
Evidence of ability to effectively explain psychiatric illness and treatments to other professionals and patients.
Evidence of skill in training and supervising (nonmental health trained) medical, nursing and other staff.
Experience of effective participation in delivering clinical research.