Consultant Psychiatrist, Director Patient Safety & Quality Governance
NHS Jobs · United Kingdom · GB
Clinical Practice
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Not yet analysed
Demand63
Career growth68
Healthcare fit42
Remote potential15
5-year outlook
Likely pegged to the NHS consultant pay scale with a management/director responsibility element on top; exact figures depend on the trust, banding and any local clinical excellence or leadership awards and should be confirmed directly with the employer.
Clinical license
Required
Applicant reach
narrow
Seniority
executive
Employment type
–
Date found
2026-11-05
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Eligible countries
- United Kingdom
Eligibility, licensing, and location restrictions can change. Always confirm details on the source posting before applying.
Why this is worth applying to
Worth considering only if you are an established consultant psychiatrist with governance, risk or medical leadership experience and want a combined clinical-executive portfolio role. Clinicians seeking a first step out of clinical work should look elsewhere — the barrier here is very high and the advert itself gives almost nothing to assess.
Who should apply
Consultant psychiatrists on the Specialist Register with prior clinical governance, patient safety, incident investigation or medical leadership experience; senior trainees nearing CCT who already hold quality-improvement leadership roles could build toward it.
CV angle
Lead with consultant-level psychiatric practice and registrations, then quantify governance work: incident reviews and SI investigations completed, mortality/morbidity review leadership, audit and QI projects with measured outcomes, risk register ownership, policy or guideline authorship, and any trust-level committee or medical leadership roles. Frame multidisciplinary leadership and complaint/CQC-facing work as director-level readiness.
Skills to highlight
- Patient safety and incident investigation
- Clinical governance and quality assurance
- Risk management and mitigation
- Quality improvement methodology (audit, PDSA, QI projects)
- Multidisciplinary and executive-level leadership
- Regulatory compliance (CQC, GMC standards)
- Mental health service design and pathway improvement
- Data-informed service performance review
Role summary
A senior NHS consultant psychiatrist post that also carries director-level accountability for patient safety and quality governance, blending clinical mental health practice with oversight of incidents, risk, audit and quality standards across a service.
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