Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Old Age Psychiatry - Fenland

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; March; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to lead a multidisciplinary team in delivering psychiatric care for older adults. Responsibilities include assessment, treatment planning, and close collaboration with community teams. Candidates should have a relevant medical degree and strong clinical leadership skills. The position emphasizes a commitment to research and quality patient care, making it ideal for those passionate about improving mental health services in the community.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Support for continuing medical education

Access to research opportunities

Qualifications

• Duties include leading multidisciplinary teams and managing patient care.
• A strong background in assessing and treating older adults is essential.
• Experience in clinical governance and research is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead weekly MDT meetings and ensure reviews of patients.
• Provide psychiatric care and oversee treatment for older adults.
• Participate in clinical research activities within the Trust.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Assessment and treatment planning

Evidence-based treatments

Education

Medical degree with psychiatric training

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.


The successful candidate will work alongside a community-based colleagues to provide assessment and psychiatric treatment for Older Adults within the Fenland community across a largely rural area.

The population of over 65’s in the Fenland area is approximately 25 000 out of 113 064. In its entirety, the OPMH team had 912 referrals in the past 12 months. Not all referrals require the consultant to see them, many are managed by other staff in the community team. On average the Fenland OPMH service receives 76 referrals per month, with approx. 9 for psychiatry outpatient and 36 for memory assessment

Clinical:

To lead the multidisciplinary team in providing excellent psychiatric care

To provide assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plans.

To lead weekly MDT meetings and ensure prompt reviews of acutely unwell patients

To work closely with the CRHTT OP, community teams and liaison services as patients move between these teams

Cambridgeshire offers a variety of recreational pursuits and stunning countryside, and a wide range of cultural activities, and is well connected via excellent road and rail links.

The Trust is actively involved in clinical research and would encourage candidates to participate in research activities.

CPFT is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our BAME & LGBTQ+ communities.

For further information on CPFT please visit our website www.cpft.nhs.uk
Main duties

Clinical

• 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 using our EPR, SystmOne
• To partake in providing cross cover for consultant colleagues for annual & study leave to maintain continuous service.

Leadership
• To provide clinical leadership for the Older Peoples Services at a time of considerable transition
• The Trust will support the involvement of the consultant body in regional and national groups subject to discussion and approval with the medical director and, as necessary, the chief executive officer.

Teaching/Education
Contribute to the psychiatry post-graduate teaching programme.
• Contribute to the psychiatry teaching programme for undergraduate medical students
• Contribute to the training and support of staff in within the wider MDT
• Contribute to postgraduate teaching as well as to continuing medical education activities.
• For new consultants mentoring is provided and they are helped to find an appropriate peer group.
• CPD time is incorporated in to the job plan; in addition, a study leave budget is available to support CPD activities externally.
• Expectation to remain in good standing for CPD with the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Friday morning CPD sessions are held via Teams and all consultants are offered a turn to present.
• Friday afternoon CPD activity include items such journal club, case discussions and management meetings.
• Consultants are encouraged to undergo the appropriate training and become educational supervisors for trainees.

Administration
• Work with CPFT to achieve agreed performance targets.
• Contribute to the collection and monitoring of clinical outcome data for service development and commissioning purposes.
• Participate in audit
• Participate in the administration of patient information systems and ensure that data are entered in accordance with service policies and guidance.
• Work in accordance with Trust and service policies and guidelines.

Management
• Work with the Service Manager and Clinical Director to contribute to the management of Older People’s Acute Care System
• To contribute to the planning and further development of Older People’s Mental Health Services and of the wider community service
• To attend meetings, relevant to the interests of the service

Research
• The post-holder is expected to support the broader CPFT research endeavour where possible. It is anticipated that funding would become available for the right applicant to become involved in research, potentially acting as a principal investigator for clinical trials into dementia and other late life mental health disorders or making use of local opportunities to develop other research interests.

Clinical Governance
• The post-holder will be aware of, and act within, locally and nationally agreed protocols and actively involved in clinical governance within the service

On-call
• The post holder may opt to take part in the consultant out of hours on call rota. Currently this is approximately 1:25 (Category A)
There is support when on call from core and senior trainees. On call is currently remunerated at a rate of 3% subject to current monitoring and possible review. The on-call consultant covers old age and general adult. There is currently a separate CAMHS on call rota.

Other duties
• From time to time, it may be necessary for the post holder to carry out such other duties as may be assigned, with agreement, by the Trust. It is expected that the post holder will not unreasonably withhold agreement to any reasonable proposed changes that the Trust might make.

Accountability
• The post holder will be accountable to the clinical director in the directorate (currently Dr Anna Forrest). Professional accountability is to the Trust Board through the Trust Executive Medical Director.

Job Planning & Appraisal
• Consultants are required to take part in the Revalidation and annual appraisal process under the supervision of the Medical Director and Responsible Officer. You shall have access to job planning and appraisal software for online submission.




This advert closes on Monday 1 Sep 2025