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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adult Psychiatry to join a well-established Community Mental Health Team delivering specialist community care to older adults.
This established consultant post sits within a supportive, multidisciplinary service, offering work across Community Mental Health, Memory, and Care Home Liaison services, as well as service development, teaching, and leadership.
You'll join an experienced team committed to high-quality, person-centred mental health care for older adults, with opportunities to develop specialist interests, undertake research, and help shape future services.

The Role

As Consultant Psychiatrist, you will:

• Provide consultant leadership within the Community Mental Health Team for Older Adults.
• Deliver specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment for older adults with a wide range of mental health conditions.
• Provide consultant input to the Memory Service and Care Home Liaison Team.
• Undertake outpatient clinics, community assessments and home visits.
• Manage patients presenting with dementia, mood disorders, psychosis, anxiety and other complex mental health conditions.
• Provide specialist advice and support to GPs, multidisciplinary colleagues and partner organisations.
• Participate in Mental Health Act assessments and fulfil Responsible Clinician duties where appropriate.
• Lead multidisciplinary decision-making, risk management and service planning.
• Support the continuous development of high-quality community mental health services.
• Participate in the consultant on-call rota.

Multidisciplinary Working

You'll work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team including:

• Consultant Psychiatrists
• Specialty Doctors
• Care Coordinators
• Registered Mental Health Nurses
• Clinical Psychologists
• Occupational Therapists
• Physiotherapists
• Support Workers
• Memory Service clinicians
• Care Home Liaison professionals
• Dedicated administrative support

The role offers a collaborative working environment with strong clinical support, shared decision-making across services, and dedicated administrative support.

Teaching, Leadership & Research

This role offers excellent opportunities to:

• Supervise Speciality Doctors and junior medical staff.
• Teach undergraduate medical students and postgraduate trainees.
• Become an Educational Supervisor and Clinical Supervisor.
• Participate in research, clinical audit and quality improvement projects.
• Develop specialist clinical interests.
• Access structured leadership development and mentoring programmes.
• Contribute to service innovation and strategic development.

Person Specific

Requirements

Essential

Applicants must have:

• MBBS (or equivalent medical qualification).
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register, or be within six months of obtaining CCT.
• Approved Clinician status (or ability to obtain shortly after appointment).
• Section 12 approval (or ability to obtain shortly after appointment).
• Experience assessing and treating patients within community mental health services.
• Expertise in Older Adult Psychiatry, including the assessment and management of complex psychiatric presentations.
• Excellent multidisciplinary leadership and communication skills.
• Commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Experience in clinical audit and research.
• Evidence of management and leadership skills.

Desirable

• CCT in Older Adult Psychiatry.
• MRCPsych or equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Higher postgraduate qualification (MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent).
• Experience as an Educational Supervisor.
• Published research and audit projects.
• Previous management experience.
• Expertise in alternative community-based models of care and service development.

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