NHS Locum Consultant Psychiatrist in Perinatal

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us - Terms & Condition's Apply
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Work bank: You can use the opportunity to supplement your income and develop your skills by working bank shifts.
• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

£113,565 to £150,569 a year pro rota, per annum

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The Essex Perinatal Services were established in 2017 and has expanded in the last 5 years with hubs around the 5 maternity hospitals, Colchester General hospital, Broomfield Hospital, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Southend Hospital and Basildon Hospital. This expansion has been in accordance with the NHS E LTP so as to see around 10% of the birth rate (Essex birth rate is around 24,000 births per year) and in order to meet the needs of our population there is a requirement to have 5 consultants leading each of the 5 hubs.

The Community Perinatal Services for Essex provides multidisciplinary, community specialist care for the assessment and treatment of woman with mental health illnesses in pregnancy and postnatally across the County of Essex. The post- holder will serve the needs of patients across the North of Essex mainly linked to the Mid and North East areas of Essex including the 2 Acute hospitals Broomfield hospital in Chelmsford and Colchester General Hospital in Colchester. This will be reviewed periodically to ensure appropriate resource allocation to the different areas and any changes made shall be after deliberation.

The post holder will be expected to have expertise in the prevention, assessment and management of mental disorders newly occurring or co-existing with pregnancy or the postpartum period, including the assessment and facilitation of the mother-infant relationship in the context of maternal mental illness.

You will be required to work independently and accountably as part of a team of clinicians offering Mental Health services.

You will be expected to develop excellent working relationships with all other related services including Primary care, Maternity services, Health visiting, Community adult mental health teams, Adult Psychology team, IAPT, Social care and Voluntary sector agencies.

You will clinically covering the areas of Mid Essex and NE Essex which includes close partnership with Broomfield and Colchester Maternity Unit. The post holder will share the trust wide roles required within the Service with the other Consultants. The Service works in partnership with maternity services and the post holder will provide care and liaise closely with maternity staff for women delivering in Broomfield and Colchester General Hospitals

A perinatal mental health clinical network has been established across Essex and it is anticipated that you will take an active role in this and other regional or national initiatives to improve the quality of care and outcomes for women and families across the care pathway.

Provides assessment, treatment and management of moderate

severe perinatal mental health disorders and high risk service users who have a GP in Essex, or who are planning to deliver their babies in Essex, during the perinatal period (antenatal and for up to 24 months post-natal

Provides support to mothers on leave or recently discharged from the Rainbow Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) and other MBUs in order to facilitate early discharge and prevent relapses.

Provides preconception counselling.

Provides consultation liaison with GPs, antenatal services, midwives and health visitors to support women being managed in primary care and prevent deterioration.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Linden Centre

Pudding Wood Drive, Broomfield

Chelmsford

United Kingdom

https://eput.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

11 November 2026

Hospital medical and dental staff

Consultant

Fixed term

3 months

Part-time

Linden Centre

Pudding Wood Drive, Broomfield

Chelmsford

United Kingdom