Perinatal Psychiatry Clinical Lead

Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Perinatal Consultant to provide clinical leadership and operational support within our Perinatal Services. Working closely with the Divisional Medical Director, Head of Nursing, and multidisciplinary teams, the post holder will play a key role in the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality care while supporting the strategic development of the service.

The Perinatal Clinical Lead will provide professional leadership to consultant colleagues, undertaking line management responsibilities and leading on annual job planning to ensure service needs are aligned with individual scope of practice.

The role will involve working collaboratively with senior clinical and operational leaders to address complaints, facilitate conflict resolution, support workforce recruitment and retention initiatives, and oversee medical staffing matters including annual and study leave approvals. With dedicated administrative support, the post holder will ensure effective medical leadership across the service and contribute to continuous quality improvement and service development.

This is an exciting opportunity for a consultant with strong leadership abilities, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to improving outcomes for women, and families accessing perinatal services.

Main duties of the job
The Perinatal Clinical Lead will provide clinical leadership and support the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality perinatal services across the Trust.

Key responsibilities include:

• Act as a member of the Trust-wide Perinatal Senior Leadership Team.
• Support the implementation of service developments, quality improvement initiatives, provider collaborative working, and accreditation/peer review processes.
• Ensure appropriate consultant representation at governance, commissioning, and service development meetings.
• Attend senior leadership meetings and deputise for the Divisional Medical Director when required.
• Work closely with Heads of Service and Heads of Nursing to provide clinical leadership and support the management of incidents, complaints, and service issues.
• Provide strategic clinical advice to support service planning, development, and commissioning.
• Line manage the consultant workforce through regular one-to-one meetings, consultant meetings, and annual job planning.
• Ensure all consultants have up-to-date job plans that meet service and organisational needs.
• Work with Medical HR and Medical Staffing teams to recruit and retain substantive and temporary medical staff.
• Oversee and approve annual leave and study leave requests, ensuring adequate clinical cover is maintained.
• Contribute to clinical governance, patient safety, quality improvement, and service performance activities

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Qualifications
Essential

• Full Registration with the General Medical Council
• MRCPsych or recognised equivalent
• Approved under section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983.
• At least 3 years' experience as a Consultant Psychiatrist or Associate Specialist or Specialist

Desirable

• Relevant Higher Degree e.g., MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
• Liaison accreditation.
• To hold Approved Clinician status at the point of taking up post
• Medical leadership role

Experience
Essential

• Clinical leads must have respected clinical experience and be able to engage authentically. They must be resilient and have emotional intelligence (social awareness, self-regulation, self-awareness, motivation, empathy), be self-directed, and work effectively in collaboration with a team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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