Consultant Psychiatrist Old Age

Transformationunitgm; Cinderford; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry in Cinderford. This role involves senior clinical leadership, providing psychiatric medical advice, and engaging with various community stakeholders to enhance patient care. You will join a dedicated team working towards improving mental health services in Gloucestershire.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Free car parking

Broad range of training and development opportunities

Flexible and family-friendly working

Qualifications

• Completed CCT or within 6 months of interview.
• Approved Clinical/S12 approval or eligibility for approval.
• Experience of Later Life Team working at appropriate level.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior psychiatric advice and consultancy.
• Attend MHA assessments for community patients.
• Lead multidisciplinary team meetings.

Skills

Psychiatric advice

Clinical leadership

Teamwork

Education

CCT or within 6 months of interview

Approved Clinical/S12 approval

Job description

Main area Consultant Psychiatry Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 8 sessions per week (On call pro rota) Job ref 327-25-466

Employer Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Collier's court Town Cinderford Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum + oncall supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 06/07/2025 23:59

Consultant Psychiatrist Old Age

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Job overview

An innovative Foundation Trust, we work to protect and improve the county’s mental health. We provide Mental Health services to adults of working age, older people, children & adolescents and people with learning disabilities as well as specialist substance misuse services.

Gloucestershire is a forward-looking county which can offer excellent career opportunities and a superb quality of life.

We now have vacancies for an 8PA CONSULTANT IN OLD AGE PSYCHIATRY in the community within the Forest of Dean locality. It is an established post, which has arisen following retirement of the previous post holder.

This post is based within the local multidisciplinary team with full office and secretarial support, currently located at Collier’s Court in Cinderford.

It is expected the consultant will play a major role in the clinical leadership of services, to ensure a high quality of care is provided to Gloucestershire service users. As part of this role, they would be expected to work in partnership with the team managers responsible for these services. There will be an expectation to take part in general management issues that will be shared amongst all their consultant colleagues.

Main duties of the job

The consultant will provide senior psychiatric medical advice, support, consultancy and clinical leadership to the Later Life Mental health Team and Memory Assessment services.

• The consultant will be expected to attend MHA assessments for the Community patients in your catchment area during normal working hours.
• The consultant will be expected to provide clinical leadership to the team.
• Outpatient clinics will be held at a Colliers Court
• To carry a community case load consisting of patients for whom you will either be the lead healthcare professional (HCP) and have responsibility for managing all needs, or allocated medic where you will be responsible for medical management alone.
• To carry out outpatient clinics and home visits consisting of routine and urgent new patient assessments and review/follow up appointments for service users with severe/enduring mental illness, complex needs, organic disorders and/or personality disorder.
• To work as part of a multidisciplinary team and participate in appropriate multi-disciplinary team meetings such as Community Team Meetings and CPA reviews.
• To maintain electronic health records in accordance with Trust policies.
• To actively participate in clinical governance activities.

Working for our organisation

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites , providing a divers e range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust .

The annual NHS S taff S urvey gi ves our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust . For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues g ave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached the job description and please do enquire if any further questions as per the contact information provided.

AAC Panel will be arranged.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Completed CCT or within 6 months of interview
• Approved Clinical/S12 approval or eligibility for approval

Experience

• Higher specialist training
• Experience of Later Life Team working at appropriate level

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
• Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
• Recognition and long service awards
• Fast Track physiotherapy
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Dr Maya Biju Dr Sol Sadaghiani Job title Medical Clinical Leads Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07773598099 Additional information

Other medical lead Consultant email ID [e-mail], contact number is 07811258374

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