Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Specialty Doctor in Psychosis Service (16-35 years)
The closing date is 24 November 2026

Job summary
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.

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.

Main duties of the job
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.

About us
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.

Details
Salary: £63,696 to £102,689 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 436-CYP-EAST-8394511

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), 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 programme of Continuing Professional Development
• At least two years experience of working in psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness
• Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
• Commitment to clinical audit and quality improvement within multi-disciplinary team
• Flexibility and adaptability to respond to changing service needs
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrable interest in the provision of gender sensitive mental health service
• Able to travel across the community base area

Desirable

• MRCPsych or equivalent
• Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
• Broad clinical training in psychiatry including both inpatient and community service
• Experience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population
• Experience of providing psychological and/or social interventions
• Experience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project
• Completed clinically relevant audit projects
• Skills in working with individuals who are difficult to engage

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: East Early Intervention in Psychosis Team, Washwood Heath Health & Wellbeing Centre, 4 Clodeshall Road, Birmingham, B8 3SN, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/

Contact
Consultant Psychiatrist: Dr Gareth Rees, grees1@nhs.net, 01213010000

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.