Specialist Psychiatrist - Older Adults, Blackpool

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

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Lancashire is seeking a Specialist Psychiatrist to work in Older Adult Inpatient Psychiatry. This full-time position involves providing medical leadership and support to multiple wards, assessing service users for transfers, and ensuring senior clinical care for patients. Applicants must have required qualifications and significant experience in psychiatry, with potential additional remuneration for on-call contributions.

Benefits

Additional remuneration for on-call

SAS Development Programme

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in psychiatry with more than 1 year post-S12(2) approval.
• Experience at SAS level or equivalent.
• At least 12 years of experience since primary medical qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership and governance for the ward.
• Lead assessments for service user transfers from adult mental health wards.
• Clinical leadership of care for up to 16 patients.

Skills

Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to this post

Leadership

Communication

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Full GMC registration and licence to practise

Section 12 approval

AC status or within 6 months

Job description

Specialist Psychiatrist - Older Adults, Blackpool

The closing date is 21 December 2025

We are seeking to recruit a Specialist Grade Psychiatrist to work in Older Adult Inpatient Psychiatry based at The Harbour. This post is full time (10 PA) and permanent.

The postholder may be able to contribute to the On Call rota, for which additional remuneration will be paid.

Main duties of the job

This post will make up a complement of 4.0 WTE senior psychiatrists supporting the four older adult inpatient wards at The Harbour. The post holder will provide medical leadership, in co-production with the ward manager of the governance processes and operations of Austen Ward. The post holder will also lead assessments with the MDT when referrals are made for transfer of service users from adult mental health wards to this unit; this is typically less than one a week.

The post holder will provide senior clinical leadership of care to up to 16 patients shared between female dementia and female advanced care wards (Austen and Bronte).

Applicants must also have Approved Clinician (AC) status/approval and be on the AC Register or be eligible for AC approval (7 years of experience in psychiatry, with more than 1 year of practice after S12(2) approval).

There may be the opportunity for the postholder to join one of the On Call rotas if you hold the necessary qualification and registration. Additional remuneration would be payable for this.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are proud of our fantastic SAS Development Programme, which is a great source of development for our Doctors. We have an active SAS Forum which meets on a regular basis to discuss operational and professional issues to support SAS/Specialty Doctors.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC registration and licence to practise
• Section 12 approval
• AC status or within 6 months

Experience

• Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to this post
• At least 7 year's experience at SAS level or equivalent
• At least 12 year's experience since primary medical qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.