Consultant in Perinatal Psychiatry

Job summary
The post is a Consultant in Perinatal Psychiatry based at Clover Ward Mother and Baby Unit, Melbury Lodge, Winchester, a nationally commissioned 8bed inpatient service caring for birthing parents with severe mental illness and their infants. The unit provides 24/7 admissions and manages complex conditions including postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder and severe depression. As the document states, the MBU undertakes the assessment, care and treatment of birthing parents...with serious mental illness and supports the developing parent--infant relationship.

The consultant will join a well established multidisciplinary team and contribute to integrated inpatient--community perinatal pathways across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Core responsibilities include clinical leadership, MDT working, risk management, supervision of junior doctors, and providing Responsible Clinician duties under the Mental Health Act. The role also involves service development, gov...