Consultant Psychiatrist Male PICU/Medical Director

The role

You will provide strategic and operational leadership as part of the Senior Management Team. You will lead medical staff recruitment, appraisals, and clinical governance while maintaining your own clinical caseload.

What you will do

• Lead recruitment, induction, and probation of medical staff
• Oversee medical staff appraisals, revalidation, and performance management
• Provide strategic and operational leadership as part of the Senior Management Team
• Ensure healthcare policy, clinical governance, and best practice standards are implemented
• Ensure effective medical cover for out-of-hours and annual leave
• Lead clinical investigations, complaints, and crisis management
• Embed lessons from complaints, incidents, benchmarking, and service user feedback
• Maintain your own clinical caseload
• Complete mandatory training
• Represent the hospital clinical expertise with commissioners, partners, and stakeholders

Required qualifications

• Consultant Psychiatrist with MRCPsych (or equivalent)
• Section 12(2) approval
• Approved Clinician status
• CCT (or equivalent)
• Listed on the GMC Specialist Register
• At least three years experience working at Consultant level
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across hospital or community settings
• Track record of contributing to service change and improvement at a senior level
• Strong leadership and influencing skills
• Flexible, positive, team-oriented approach
• Commitment to values-based, evidence-based practice

Nice to have

• Completed, or be willing to undertake, leadership and management training

Benefits

• Free on-site parking
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Additional birthday leave
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible benefits, including gym membership, IT technology schemes, and healthcare cash plan
• Access to development and training opportunities
• Sponsorship for professional qualifications via an Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
• Leadership and management development programmes
• Long service awards
• Refer-a-friend bonuses

About the company

pulse is a specialist healthcare service. The hospital provides comprehensive inpatient mental health services within a supportive and therapeutic environment.