Locum Consultant in Adult Psychiatry - Community Rehabilitation.

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as a Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry (12-month maternity cover), ideally with an endorsement in Rehabilitation Psychiatry. You will be part of a supportive group of Consultants working within Working Age Adult services across Cornwall.

The post sits within the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Service, which has had a period of significant growth supported by investment from the Community Mental Health Transformation programme. The service currently includes a 12-bed inpatient unit at Fettle House in Bodmin and a Community Outreach Support team, working in partnership with VCSE organisations, housing providers and wider system partners.

This fixed-term role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of an innovative, recovery-focused rehabilitation model for Cornwall. The post includes clinical sessions with the rehabilitation team and one outpatient clinic per week, involving a mix of new referrals and follow-up appointments. The exact balance of duties will be shaped in line with the successful applicant's experience, interests and aspirations.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide Consultant Psychiatrist input within a multidisciplinary psychiatric rehabilitation team, offering outpatient clinics and contributing to high-quality, recovery-focused care.
• Hold medical responsibility for inpatients under your care, including those admitted to Fettle Ward at Bodmin Hospital.
• Share responsibility for the clinical care of patients supported by the Community Rehabilitation Outreach Team, working alongside a linked trainee post who spans inpatient and community settings.
• Maintain Section 12(2) Mental Health Act approval and Approved Clinician status, participating in Mental Health Act assessments and providing medical representation where required.
• Offer senior clinical leadership within the Rehabilitation Service, supporting effective clinical decision-making, risk management and assessment.
• Contribute to the team's well-established training culture by supporting the supervision and teaching of medical students, nursing students and allied health professional trainees.

• Provide supervision, appraisal and management of junior medical staff in line with Trust policies, including competency-based assessments as required.
• Complete all administrative duties associated with patient care, including accurate record-keeping and timely submission of clinical activity data

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.