Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Old Age - Huntingdon
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 12 Awst 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £109,725.00 i £145,478.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £109725.00 - £145478.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 09 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Huntingdon, PE29 3RJ |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9310-25-0735 |
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Main dutiesClinical 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).Leadership To provide clinical leadership for the Older Peoples Mental Health Services 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. Maintain CPD activities. For new consultants mentoring is provided and they are helped to find an appropriate peer group. The current study leave budget for consultants is £600 per year for appropriate activities. CPD time is incorporated in to the job plan. There is an active programme of weekly CPD activity, delivered via Teams, and to which all will contribute on a rota basis. Consultants are encouraged to undergo the appropriate training and become educational supervisors for traineesAdministration 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 Peoples Acute Care System To contribute to the planning and further development of Older Peoples Mental Health Services and of the wider community services 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 principle 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-callThe post holder may be required to take part in the consultant out of hours on call rota. Currently this is approximately 1:25. There is support when on call from core and senior trainees. Not all consultants within CPFT participate in the on-call rota. Consultants are not put on the rota for the first 6 months after appointment. 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 a separate CAMHS on call rota.Accountability The post holder will be accountable to the lead psychiatrist in the directorate (currently Anna Forrest). Professional accountability is to the Trust Board through the Trust 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, Dr Cathy Walsh, and Responsible Officer.