# Consultant Psychiatrist Male PICU/Medical Director at Pulse Healthcare

Consultant Psychiatrist Male PICU/Medical Director at Pulse Healthcare in Bristol. On-site, full-time. Posted November 21, 2025.

- Company: Pulse Healthcare
- Location: Bristol
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Posted: 2025-11-21
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/pulse/jobs/7530674003
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/consultant-psychiatrist-male-picumedical-director-pulse-healthcare-1029ng

## Requirements

- Be a Consultant Psychiatrist with MRCPsych (or equivalent), Section 12(2) approval, Approved Clinician status, and CCT (or equivalent), listed on the GMC Specialist Register.
- Have at least three years’ experience working at Consultant level, with proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across hospital or community settings.
- Demonstrate a track record of contributing to service change and improvement at a senior level.
- Possess strong leadership and influencing skills, delivering high-quality, innovative, patient-centred care.
- Exhibit a flexible, positive, team-oriented approach and a commitment to values-based, evidence-based practice.
- Have completed, or be willing to undertake, leadership and management training.

## Description

A specialist healthcare service is seeking a **Consultant Psychiatrist – Male PICU/Medical Director** to join the team. This is a full-time role of 37.5 hours per week.

The hospital provides comprehensive inpatient mental health services within a supportive and therapeutic environment.

### **What you’ll be doing**

As Consultant Psychiatrist – Male PICU/Medical Director, you will be accountable for:

- Leading the recruitment, induction, and probation of medical staff, ensuring compliance with training requirements, specialist registration, and practising privileges.

- Overseeing medical staff appraisals, revalidation, and performance management, addressing clinical or behavioural concerns collaboratively.

- Providing strategic and operational leadership as part of the Senior Management Team, ensuring healthcare policy, clinical governance, and best practice standards are implemented and maintained.

- Ensuring effective medical cover, including robust arrangements for out-of-hours and annual leave.

- Leading clinical investigations, complaints, and crisis management, working with senior clinical leadership to resolve issues and drive improvements.

- Contributing to continuous learning by embedding lessons from complaints, incidents, benchmarking, and service user feedback.

- Maintaining your own clinical caseload, completing mandatory training, and representing the hospital’s clinical expertise with commissioners, partners, and stakeholders.

Further details are available in the job description.

### **What you’ll bring to the role**

The ideal candidate will:

- Be a Consultant Psychiatrist with MRCPsych (or equivalent), Section 12(2) approval, Approved Clinician status, and CCT (or equivalent), listed on the GMC Specialist Register.

- Have at least three years’ experience working at Consultant level, with proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across hospital or community settings.

- Demonstrate a track record of contributing to service change and improvement at a senior level.

- Possess strong leadership and influencing skills, delivering high-quality, innovative, patient-centred care.

- Exhibit a flexible, positive, team-oriented approach and a commitment to values-based, evidence-based practice.

- Have completed, or be willing to undertake, leadership and management training.

### **What we will give you in return**

You will be supported to thrive through structured career conversations, full training, and pathways into senior clinical and leadership roles.

Benefits include:

- Free on-site parking

- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

- Additional birthday leave

- Enhanced maternity pay

- Contributory pension scheme

- Flexible benefits, including gym membership, IT technology schemes, and healthcare cash plan

- Access to development and training opportunities

- Sponsorship for professional qualifications via an Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel

- Leadership and management development programmes

- Long service awards

- Refer-a-friend bonuses