Consultant in General Adult Community Psychiatry

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Consultant in General Adult Community Psychiatry The closing date is 15 November 2026 Apply for this job Job summary CNWL are currently looking for a full time permanent Consultant Psychiatrist, to provideinput to a high functioning communitymental health team as part of a multi-disciplinary service (South Kensington Mental Health Hub -CMHH). The role is to provide a comprehensive assessment and NICEconcordant treatment to all patients requiring secondary community mental health services input. AAC to be held on 4-Dec-2026 *Job Description pending Royal College approval* Main duties of the job This post is a full time (1.00 WTE - 10 sessions) Consultant Psychiatrist replacement post in our South Community Mental Health Hub (CMHH). The South K&C Community Mental Health Hub is based at 1 Nightingale Place and at Violet Melchatt, 30 Flood Walk (the triage function of the SK&C CMHH). The team is multi-disciplinary and well resourced. It consists of two PCNs (Brompton PCN and South Kensington and Chelsea PCN). The South Hub team's caseload is around 600-650 patients. It receives on average 25-30 new referrals per week and approximately around 100-120 patients are transferred back to primary care per month. The team works closely with St Charles Hospital (inpatient unit) and HTT to ensure that there is appropriate throughput through the services. About us Kensington and Chelsea is an inner London area with a mixed, diverse population with some of the most wealthy and most deprived areas of London. There is a high mental health morbidity and the North west London ICB is committed to a high spend on mental health services.Kensington and Chelsea (K&C) adult mental health service provides a range of mental health services for adults across the age range within the community and in hospital settings. These services are based at:o St Charles Hospital with 8 inpatient wards: two adult PICUs, four adult acute wards, two Older Adult wards and Mental Health Crisis Assessment unit (MHCAS)o Community Mental Health Hubs (CMHH) - north and south community team bases for adult MH services including Psychology and Psychotherapy serviceso older and younger adult psychiatric liaison services based at South Kensington site, next to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with health psychology serviceso KCW Early Intervention Serviceo K&C Home Treatment Team (HTT)o Mental Health Act Team (AMHP Team)o Psychology and Psychotherapy Services including Clinical Psychologists embedded in the CMHHs and inpatient unit, Arts Psychotherapy, and other specialist family and individual psychotherapieso Re-FoCUS Team (community forensic service) at Hathaway House Details Date posted 26 October 2026 Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staff Grade Consultant Salary £113,565 to £150,569 a year plus £2162 London weighting per annum pro rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 333-J-KC-C-0027 Job locations SK&C Community Mental Health Hub 1 Nightingale Place London SW10 9NG United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities The post holder will have principal duties to provide clinical care to Kensington and Chelsea patients under South CMHH. They will be supported by the MDT team that includes a Specialist Registrar, and a Core resident doctor (CT1-3), a Foundation year doctor (FY) as w