Table 2.
Clinician participant characteristics.
| Participant identifier | Gender | Job title and length of time working in the CMHT pathway (at time of interview). Other background information |
|---|---|---|
| Psychiatrist 1 | M | Consultant Psychiatrist for over 2 years in this pathway. Qualified as a Consultant a number of years ago and has worked in different mental health teams locally. |
| Psychiatrist 2 | M | Consultant Psychiatrist in this pathway for ~8 months. Previous role was also community based psychiatry. Relatively newly qualified. |
| Psychiatrist 3 | F | Consultant Psychiatrist in this pathway for ~1 year. Qualified as a consultant a number of years ago and has experience of many parts of MH services locally. |
| Psychiatrist 4 | M | Has acted as a Locum Consultant Psychiatrist in the pathway for ~2 months. Previously has worked in many different MH teams and contexts (acute/community) across different parts of the UK. |
| Psychiatrist 5 | F | Consultant Psychiatrist on specialist register. Unknown length of time in pathway, but has worked in the NHS for a number of years. |
| Psychiatrist 6 | F | Consultant psychiatrist in this pathway for 2 years. Number of years experience in other parts of MH service. |
| Psychiatrist 7 | F | Consultant psychiatrist in this pathway for ~3 months. Newly qualified. |
| CPN 1 | F | Worked in pathway for ~2 years. Extensive previous experience of psychiatric nursing. |
| CPN 2 | F | Worked in pathway for over 2 years. Extensive previous experience of community psychiatric nursing. |
| CPN 3 | F | Team leader and community psychiatric nurse. Worked in pathway for over 2 years and extensive previous experience of psychiatric nursing. |
| CPN 4 | F | Worked in pathway for over 2 years. Extensive previous experience of community psychiatric nursing. |
| CPN5 | M | Worked in pathway for over 2 years. Extensive previous experience of community psychiatric nursing. |
| CPN 6 | F | Worked in pathway for ~2 years. Extensive previous experience of community psychiatric nursing. |
| CPN 7 | F | Worked in pathway for over 2 years. Extensive previous experience of community psychiatric nursing. |
| CPN 8 | F | Worked in pathway for over 2 years. Extensive previous experience of community psychiatric nursing. |