Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Bristol Inpatients - Oakwood Ward

Job summary

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist who is dedicated and passionate about improving mental health services? Are you looking for your next role as a dynamic clinical leader in Acute Inpatient Psychiatry?

We are looking for a Locum Consultant to join our team on Oakwood ward.

Oakwood ward is a 20 bed mixed sex unit based in the grounds of Southmead Hospital, Bristol, with a plan to move to a newly built acute ward at Callington Road Hospital in 2025.

Oakwood Ward is a dynamic acute unit that embraces the challenges of Acute Psychiatry. It is a psychologically informed environment working in a truly multi-disciplinary model. The team are motivated to work on ways to improve the quality of the service, developing and carrying out quality improvement projects; strive to offer the best possible care and enabling patients and carers to pursue recovery.

As the Consultant you will be leading on daily ward reviews, divided into workstreams / groups and providing visible and accessible support to the SAS doctor, junior doctor and nursing team. Realistically, this would mean 3-4 ward rounds per week.

This post is evolving new ways of working to include systems for consultant time to be focussed on those patients that need senior medical input so that decision-making, treatment and discharge planning, and liaison with the Intensive (Crisis) team happens promptly.

Main duties of the job

You will deliver direct interventions to inpatients including assessment, diagnoses and treatment of mental and physical health needs.

You will be responsible for the mental health care of all inpatients through daily ward reviews, attending the ward daily themselves Monday to Friday.

You will be responsible for supervising the medical team that provides medical care and act as RC for detained inpatients.

You will have a medical legal role for inpatients. This will include the preparation of MHA Tribunal and other reports and attending MHA Tribunals

You will collaboratively work with the Intensive teams to provide dedicated lead Consultant input to acute care service coordination by meeting the needs of the service user in inpatient services and enabling timely discharge with robust CPA planning and aftercare arrangements.

You will provide nominal senior medical cover to the S136 suite during the daytime.

You will support and participate in Clinical Governance and Audit and have opportunities to undertake medical audit and activities related to clinical governance issues, subject to job-planning and under supervision of the line manager.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Please note that Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is not currently a sponsor under the GMC Sponsorship Scheme.

As a result, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require GMC sponsorship

Details

Date posted

02 September 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

342-LORVN133-BNSSG-DH

Job locations

Southmead Hospital AWP

Southmead Road, Westbury-on-Trym

Bristol

BS10 5NB

United Kingdom