Consultant in Psychiatry (Perinatal)

Overview

Go back Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation TrustThe closing date is 20 September 2025You will be required to work with the Perinatal Mental Health (PNMH) Service''s multidisciplinary team, offering team and clinical leadership and facilitation to deliver safe and effective assessment and treatment plans for women and birthing people in the perinatal period, and their families. Our service, including our patient and staff population, is diverse, and we are looking for someone passionate about meeting the needs of the population of Sheffield. Along with the clinical and managerial leads, you will take oversight of the day-to-day clinical demands of the service, prioritising and responding to urgent and emergency work as well as conducting planned work with the team/patients.For further information, please see the attached job descriptionMain duties of the job

Provide compassionate medical leadership in the Perinatal Mental Health Service, including frequent/regular meetings with clinical staff to plan/co-ordinate clinical workload.Attendance and leadership of MDT meetings.Attendance and leadership in team governance and service development processes.Contribution to collaborative care and risk management planning processes for relevant patients'' management, including regular liaison with practitioners within and outside of the service.Provision of trauma informed, evidence based, specialist perinatal medical/psychiatric assessments and reviews, to inform care planning and risk assessment/management, by regular clinic sessions and flexible use of clinical time.For further information, please see the attached job descriptionAbout us

At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust''s Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy. For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account.Job responsibilities

You will be responsible for helping the Multi-Disciplinary teams in further developing evidence based, trauma-informed assessment and treatment pathways to offer women/birthing people and their families. We operate from biopsychosocial, and attachment orientated frameworks of understanding and medical leadership is a vital component of our service. Additionally, the successful candidate may wish to develop a role within medical leadership, medical education, quality improvement, research or a special clinical interest and such development would be supported by the trust and be negotiated with the individual candidate.For further information, please see the attached job descriptionPerson Specification

Training and Qualifications

Certificate of Completion of Training in General Adult Psychiatry (ST6 trainees should be within six months of attainment at the time of the interview) or CESR equivalent.MRCPsych or equivalentExperience

Experience in General Adult Psychiatry. Some experience working with women in the perinatal period.Experience as a Consultant Psychiatrist in a Perinatal Mental Health Service.Experience

Evidence of experience in medical audit and understanding of principles of clinical governanceExperience networking and building collaborative working relationships across a range of stakeholders / other clinical specialisms to improve patient care pathways and experience.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.Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation TrustAddress

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