Consultant Neuropsychiatrist & Medical Lead

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist looking for an opportunity to combine clinical excellence with strategic leadership? Do you want to shape the future of neurological and neurorehabilitation services while continuing to make a direct impact on patient care? Join St Neots as a Medical Lead / Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and play a pivotal role in delivering outstanding clinical outcomes and driving service development.

This unique role combines the responsibilities of a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist with strategic medical leadership across the department. As Medical Lead, you will serve as the senior clinical leader for the site and neurological services, providing expert medical and psychiatric leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care, and representing the medical workforce within the wider leadership team. Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you will maintain an active clinical caseload, providing specialist neuropsychiatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for individuals with complex neurological and neurobehavioural needs.

Working within a dedicated neurological service, you will provide evidence-based care for service users requiring neurological treatment and rehabilitation, leading multidisciplinary teams in the assessment, formulation and management of complex presentations. You will assume Consultant and, where appropriate, Responsible Clinician responsibilities, ensuring care is delivered in accordance with the Mental Health Act, NICE guidance and national best practice standards.

As a senior member of the hospital leadership team, you will work closely with the Hospital Director, Chief Medical Officer and wider clinical leadership teams to provide strategic direction, strengthen clinical governance and support the continuous development of services. You will play a key role in ensuring medical standards are maintained, supporting regulatory compliance, overseeing quality improvement initiatives and promoting a culture of safety, learning and innovation.

Your responsibilities will include leading multidisciplinary team discussions, overseeing risk management and treatment planning, supporting timely patient discharge pathways, and building strong collaborative relationships with patients, families, commissioners and external healthcare providers. You will also provide professional leadership and support to medical colleagues, contributing to workforce development, supervision and the advancement of clinical practice across the service.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• MBBS, MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification recognised by the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) or equivalent.
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register in Psychiatry (or within six months of receiving CCT at the time of interview).
• Approved Clinician status under the Mental Health Act 1983, or eligibility to obtain this within an agreed timeframe.
• Strong working knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and associated statutory frameworks.
• Sound knowledge of adult psychiatric and neurological psychopathology, neuropsychiatry and evidence-based treatment approaches.
• Ability to assess, formulate and deliver safe, effective treatment plans, including psychopharmacological interventions.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills, with the ability to respond quickly and flexibly to changing priorities.

Desirable Knowledge and Skills

• Additional postgraduate qualifications (e.g. MSc, MD or PhD).
• Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych).
• Knowledge of national guidance, standards and regulatory frameworks relating to inpatient and neurological services.
• Experience in quality improvement, clinical audit or service evaluation.
• Teaching, training and supervision skills across medical and multidisciplinary staff groups.
• Proven experience in clinical risk assessment and management, including suicide risk, self-harm, violence and aggression.
• Ability to provide effective clinical leadership to multidisciplinary inpatient teams.
• Experience contributing to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development activities.
• Commitment to appraisal, revalidation and continuing professional development.
• Ability to manage competing demands and make timely, defensible decisions within complex and high-pressure environments.
• Experience of change management and service improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of contemporary issues affecting mental health services and medical workforce development.

What You’ll Get

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

• Competitive annual salary
• £5000 car allowance
  
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
• A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Voluntary benefits
• Medical indemnity cover
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
• Free meals and onsite parking

About your next employer:

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.