Consultant Psychiatrist in Assertive Outreach Psychiatry North
| Posting date: | 11 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £109,725.00 to £145,478.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £109725.00 - £145478.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 January 2026 |
| Location: | Peterborough, PE1 1HF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9310-25-1073 |
Summary
The post holder will provide clinical leadership to the team. He or she will provide psychiatric input and clinical leadership to the management of patients referred to the service for treatment with severe and complex psychosis. He or she will provide ongoing treatments to patients that are evidence based and supported by NICE guidelines maintaining a bio psychosocial approach and in the model of care as described above. The postholder will be a trailblazer for Assertive outreach in the wider Cambridge and Peterborough health care system. He or she will provide advice and expertise into the system wide enhanced MDT for those with potential AO needs and will provide continued leadership to the development of the wider full psychosis pathway.The post holder is required to maintain Section 12(2) status and Approved Clinician status and have a comprehensive awareness of Mental Health, Mental Capacity and Care Act legislation. He or she will be expected to participate in Mental Health Act assessments when possible and will be the Responsible Clinician for patients on supervised community treatment orders with the team.The post holder is expected to be committed to a multidisciplinary approach to care and actively contribute to MDT meetings and formulation meetings and work in close collaboration with team members, care coordinators, other CPFT services, third sector and statutory agencies and primary care colleagues as required for the care of community patientsThere are opportunities for both clinical work (including consultations and advice and guidance) and supporting professional activities to be conducted remotely using video consultation software and videoconferencing software.The post holder will be expected to lead in developing and evaluating meaningful KPIS and clinical outcome measures for the service, to participate in clinical governance activities and contribute to the day-to-day management and to the overall service development agenda through collaboration with managerial and clinical colleagues. On call: the post holder would be expected to join the North Consultant rota with a frequency of approximately 1 in 21. The rota is well supported by 2 Tiers of trainees at higher and core level. The oncalls are currently banded as category A.