Senior Old Age Psychiatrist – CRHTT Lead

NHS Jobs; Peterborough; On-site; CAD 188,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Consultant Psychiatrist in Old Age CRHTT. You will lead clinical teams, manage complex high‑risk cases, and drive service development in line with NICE guidelines.

You will also participate in teaching, supervision, and audits, ensuring high‑quality, evidence‑based care and collaboration with other clinicians and organisations. Travel between sites may be required.

Responsibilities

• Be an active participant and leader of the team, contributing to and developing the operational and clinical function of the service (with a focus on the management and treatment of complex , high-risk patients)
• Ensure clinical audit of the service and implementation of appropriate assessment tools and outcome measures as an integrated part of the service and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
• Participate and engage with service development and wider Trust development initiatives.
• Provide evidence-based interventions for patients under their care, and support management of the service according to Trust policies and NICE standards.
• Liaise promptly with patients, carers, other psychiatry colleagues, general practitioners, and voluntary and statutory organisations to ensure high quality well-co-ordinated care.
• Complete administrative tasks associated with the care of patients in a timely manner. This will include recording clinical activity accurately, comprehensively, and promptly. It also includes ensuring that relevant KPIs, clustering and CQUIN requirements are fulfilled within their service.
• The post holder will share responsibility for and will actively participate in the provision of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching with consultant colleagues in the Trust, and will also contribute to teaching, supervision, and training of staff of other disciplines.
• The post holder will provide clinical supervision to junior doctors as necessary.
• Maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Approved Clinician/ Mental health Act Section 12 (2) approval and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
• Comply with the Trusts agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the clinical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
• Offer supervision to other members, both medical and non-medical.
• Ability to travel between Trust sites, patient contacts and community clinical work where required.

Job description

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Consultant Psychiatrist in Old Age CRHTT. You will lead clinical teams, manage complex high‑risk cases, and drive service development in line with NICE guidelines.

You will also participate in teaching, supervision, and audits, ensuring high‑quality, evidence‑based care and collaboration with other clinicians and organisations. Travel between sites may be required.