Consultant Psychiatrist for Older adults in Juniper Ward

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Chester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and care organization in Chester is seeking an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist to join their multidisciplinary team in Juniper Ward. The successful candidate will provide psychiatric care for older adult patients and lead treatment under the Mental Health Act. Candidates should have significant experience in psychiatric care and a passion for improving mental health services. This role offers a supportive work environment with a focus on compassionate care.

Benefits

Training and development program

Supportive work culture

Commitment to inclusivity

Qualifications

• Must be a registered medical practitioner with a significant psychiatry background.
• Experience as a consultant psychiatrist is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver psychiatric care to older adult patients.
• Provide medical input into service user assessments.
• Participate in the West Consultant Psychiatrist on-call rota.

Skills

Consultant psychiatric skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Mental health legislation knowledge

Education

Medical degree

Specialist training in psychiatry

Job description

Vacancy at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

A Vacancy at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This position has arisen due to the current consultant moving to a different role. The post holder will cover Juniper Ward in Bowmere Hospital, Countess of Chester site, Chester 1.0 WTE.

Juniper Ward is a mixed category open age inpatient mental health ward caring for people aged 18 and above in West Cheshire. The ward provides services to patients presenting with different mental disorders including affective disorder, psychosis and personality disorder where patients can be admitted informally or detained on the Mental Health Act. The ward has a fully functional multidisciplinary team with input from resident doctors including foundation trainees, core and higher trainees, psychology, occupational therapy team, and pharmacy.

The post holder will be the inpatient consultant and the responsible clinician for people who are detained under the Mental Health Act. The post holder will be expected to enhance current care pathways for inpatient care and will work closely with the Home Treatment Team and CMHT to support care and treatment.

The consultant will participate in the West Consultant Psychiatrist on-call rota. The on‑call rota is of low frequency and is not less than one in 13.

Planned shortlisting is 13th November.

Responsibilities

• Deliver consultant psychiatric input to older adult patients referred to and admitted to Juniper ward and provide medical input into SPA, with the agreed Acute Service Operational Policy.
• Provide Consultant Psychiatrist input and Responsible Clinician cover for service users in Juniper ward.
• Be involved flexibly and creatively with colleagues as part of a multidisciplinary team promoting informed risk taking and anti‑discriminatory practice.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all‑age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person‑centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Should you be interested, please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence and values. CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values‑based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

For additional support with your application, contact our recruitment team via email at [e-mail] or by calling 01244 393100.

This advert closes on Friday 7 Nov 2025.