Vacancies

Patient or Carer Representative (APPTS)

• Location : Homebased
• Status : 3-Year Fixed Term Contract
• Salary : £140 per day

• Closing date : 19/02/2025
• InterviewDate date : 06/03/2025

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is seeking 1 patient or carer representative to join the Accreditation Programme for Psychological Therapies Services (APPTS). The successful applicant will have recent lived experience ...

Patient Representative or Carer Representative - MSNAP

• Location : Homebased
• Status : 3 Year Fixed-Term Contract
• Salary : £140 per day

• Closing date : 10/02/2025
• InterviewDate date : 27/02/2025

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is seeking 1 Patient representative or Carer representative to join the Memory Service Network Accreditation Programme (MSNAP) as a Worker.

Books Editor (RCPsych Publishing)

• Location : Flexible - most meetings will be held remotely
• Salary : Voluntary role

• Closing date : 04/04/2025

We are seeking a dynamic Books Editor to lead the RCPsych’s vibrant book publishing programme for the next five years.

Research Assistant x 1 & Lived Experience Research Assistant x 1

• Location : London
• Status : Full-Time, Permanent
• Salary : £29,768 - £32,646 per annum

• Closing date : 09/02/2025
• InterviewDate date : 20/02/2025

A great opportunity has become available for a Research Assistant and a Lived Experience Research Assistant to join the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health.

Project Officer (Quality Networks and Accreditation Projects)

• Location : London
• Status : Permanent
• Salary : £28,304 to £30,886 per annum

• Closing date : 10/02/2025
• InterviewDate date : 27/02/2025

This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking for a career in quality improvement or health service development. You will work in a dynamic team supporting a national network(s) of ...

Patient Representative or Carer Representative - SPSIG

• Location : Homebased/in-person meetings
• Status : 3 Year Fixed-Term Contract
• Salary : £140 per day

• Closing date : 28/01/2025
• InterviewDate date : 07/02/2025

The College is seeking a patient representative or carer representative to join the Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group (SPSIG) as a Worker.

Patient or Carer Representative - QNWA

• Location : Homebased
• Status : 3-Year Fixed Term Contract
• Salary : £140 per day

• Closing date : 24/01/2025
• InterviewDate date : 06/02/2025

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is seeking one patient representative or carer representative to join the Quality Network for Inpatient Working Age Mental Health Services (QNWA) as a Worker.

Carer Representative x 1 Committee on ECT and Related Treatments

• Location : Homebased
• Status : 3-Year Fixed Term Contract
• Salary : £140 per day

• Closing date : 24/01/2025
• InterviewDate date : 11/02/2025

The representative will be an integral member of the committee, working with the chair and vice chair, to engage the wider membership and partner organisations in advocating for this patient ...

Member, Public Engagement Editorial Board (PEEB)

• Location : Remote
• Status : Up to 5 year term
• Salary : Voluntary

• Closing date : 27/01/2025
• InterviewDate date : 03/02/2025

The Public Engagement Editorial Board (PEEB) is seeking one member, who will support the production of mental health information for adults living with mental illness and the people who care ...

Public Mental Health Implementation Centre (PMHIC) Academic Lead

• Location : London
• Status : Fixed-Term Contract until December 2026 (1 session per week)
• Salary : Secondment

• Closing date : 16/12/2024
• InterviewDate date : 13/01/2025

The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) department of the Royal College of Psychiatrists is seeking a Public Mental Health Implementation Centre (PMHIC) Academic Lead.

Clinical Lead, National Audit of Dementia (two roles)

• Location : London
• Status : Consultancy Agreement (3 years)
• Salary : £600 per day

• Closing date : 20/12/2024
• InterviewDate date : 16/01/2025

The National Audit of Dementia is seeking two clinical leads, one at 18 days per year and the second at six days per year, to provide clinical leadership, support and ...

Patient Adviser & Carer Adviser (NAED) (x 2)

• Location : Homebased
• Status : 3 Year Fixed-Term Contract
• Salary : £300 per day

• Closing date : 02/12/2024
• InterviewDate date : 13/12/2024

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is seeking one Patient Adviser and one Carer Adviser to join the National Audit of Eating Disorders as Workers. 

Digital Content Editor, BJPsych

• Status : Approx. 1 session per week
• Salary : Voluntary role

• Closing date : 16/12/2024

BJPsych is looking for a Digital Content Editor to join its Editorial Board. The role would suit psychiatrists interested in video interviewing and exploring global mental health issues.

BJPsych Advances Call for a Section Editor with expertise in Old Age Psychiatry

• Location : London
• Salary : Voluntary role

• Closing date : 31/03/2025

Would you like to take an active role in deciding the future direction of BJPsych Advances, the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ CPD journal for Consultant Psychiatrists?

Presidential Scholars (six roles)

• Location : Remote
• Status : One-year term
• Salary : Voluntary role

• Closing date : 13/12/2024

The College are recruiting six Presidential Scholars to support the Presidential Leads in their specific areas of work: global mental health strategy; physical health; retention and wellbeing; women and mental ...

Peer Support Psychiatrist

• Status : 5-year term
• Salary : Voluntary role

Peer Support Psychiatrists (PSPs), who are members of the Psychiatrists’ Support Service (PSS) Committee, will have the necessary skills and expertise in providing support to their colleagues in professional difficulty....

Regional Specialty Representatives

• Salary : Voluntary Role

The College is looking to recruit and train Regional Specialty Representatives to provide relevant specialist advice to employers in relation to the development, assessment and approval of job descriptions for ...

RCPsych Books Committee Members

• Salary : Voluntary role

The RCPsych Books Committee is holding an open call for new members to join the board from all specialties. Committee members advise and support the RCPsych Books Editor, who has ...

College Assessors

• Salary : Voluntary role

College Assessors to represent the College on NHS Advisory Appointment Committees (AACs).

CESR Evaluators

• Salary : Voluntary role (benefit in kind)

CESR Evaluators evaluate applications for Certificates of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) sent to the College by the GMC. We welcome new CESR Evaluators from across specialties. We encourage consultants who ...