Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Old Age - Huntingdon

NHS; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A health and social care organization in Huntingdon seeks a qualified psychiatrist to provide medical leadership within a multidisciplinary mental health team. You will oversee patient assessments and treatment, maintain service quality, and participate in service development initiatives. Applicants should have GMC registration and experience in psychiatric care. This role offers the opportunity for professional growth, including teaching and research.

Qualifications

• Clinical training equivalent to UK CCT in Old Age required.
• Valid UK driving license necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead the multidisciplinary team in providing excellent psychiatric care.
• Provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment plans for new patients.
• Lead weekly MDT meetings and ensure prompt reviews.
• Work closely with community teams and liaison services.

Skills

Teamwork

Effective communication

Service development

Education

Entry on the GMC Specialist Register

CCT in Psychiatry of Old Age or CESR

Approved Clinician Status

Job description

Job summary

The successful candidate will work alongside community-based consultant colleagues to provide medical leadership for an experienced multi-disciplinary mental health team delivering assessment and treatment for patients with both functional and organic illness. The post holder will have a key role in developing links with the wider MDT and with colleagues in primary care.

Inpatient care and medical input into the Older People's Crisis Team is provided by consultant colleagues within the acute care system and the post holder will work closely with them and with the colleagues within the liaison service to ensure care is well co-ordinated. The job plan is flexible to take account of clinical and professional interests, including time within the job plan for suitably qualified and motivated individuals to develop interests such as teaching and research.

Main duties of the job

The post is a replacement post due to the previous incumbent moving to a different part of the country. The successful candidate will work alongside two community-based consultant colleagues to provide assessment and psychiatric treatment for Older Adults within the Huntingdon community across a largely rural area.

The three consultants (2.4 WTE) will share responsibility for a patch of 36,864 over 65s. The Hunts team receives about 100 referrals per month, with approx. 16 referrals for psychiatry outpatients and 48 for memory assessment. Not all team referrals are seen by the consultant; many are dealt with by the multidisciplinary team as they include referrals for safeguarding or placement advice.

The post holder will provide medical leadership for an experienced and energetic multi-disciplinary mental health team providing services for patients with both functional and organic illness. There are many emerging opportunities to help shape and develop services according to the evolving needs of the local population.

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Job responsibilities

• To lead the multidisciplinary team in providing excellent psychiatric care
• To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment plans. Much of the work is providing assessments for new patients, many of whom are people referred for assessment of possible dementia. Patients are then discharged back to G.P. care or are taken into the multi-disciplinary team where they are care co-ordinated by a team member and reviewed by the consultant as required.
• To lead weekly MDT meetings and ensure prompt reviews of unwell patients
• To work closely with the CRHTT OP, community teams and liaison services as patients move between these teams
• To deliver evidence-based treatments
• To maintain accurate and up to date clinical records
• To partake in providing cross cover for consultant colleagues for annual & study leave to maintain continuous service. In particular, the successful applicant will be expected to jointly cover the other consultant in the Huntingdon team when they are absent (e.g. study leave / annual leave).
• To provide clinical leadership for the Older Peoples Mental Health Services

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register
• CCT in Psychiatry of Old Age or Candidates with a CESR will be considered equally and are encouraged to apply
• Approved Clinician Status or eligible to attend training.
• The post holder must have a valid UK driving license and be willing and able to drive

Experience

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Old Age

Characteristics

• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the context of the service within the wider context of developments in the NHS.
• First-hand experience of developing services in a constantly changing environment and to tight budgetary restraints would be an advantage
• Candidates need to be effective teachers and trainers and be able to guide their own continuing education and training.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.