Specialist Psychiatrist - Older Adults, Blackpool | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	21 November 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£100,870 - £111,441 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	21 December 2025
Location:	Blackpool, FY4 4FE
Company:	Lancashire Care Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7624821/351-MED066FC-25

Summary

Specialist Psychiatrist - Older Adult Psychiatry, Blackpool (10PA)

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.

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.

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.

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


This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025