Consultant Psychiatrist in OPMH - Sedgemoor
| Posting date: | 27 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £109,725.00 to £145,578.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £109725.00 - £145578.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 February 2026 |
| Location: | Berrow, TA8 2JU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9184-26-0107 |
Summary
This post is available as a result of changes in how we deliver mental health services to older adults across Somerset and following the retirement of the previous postholder. You will be working alongside a 0.6 WTE consultant colleague who covers CMHT in Bridgewater. The CMHT covers a community population of approximately 15 000 older adults 65+. The population is supported by a well-established multidisciplinary team and also by other County Wide teams such as central DASS and IDS. The post holder will be part of the medical team with one other part-time consultant (Dr Goddard), who takes all CMHT cases for Bridgewater and surrounding areas. There is also GP and core trainees and a full-time Advanced Clinical Nurse Practitioner. The post holder will work closely with the community mental health team. There is an emphasis on members of the CMHT seeing most initial assessments with a daytime duty rota dealing with urgent referrals. This helps to minimise consultant emergency work and keeps their individual community caseload at a manageable size. The CMHT will seek advice from the post holder, to guide management for the patient; this is achieved through formal team meetings, as well as ad hoc discussions with the team when required. There are approximately 800 referrals each year across the CMHT (not all are taken on). The post holder will hold regular clinics, as well as undertaking domiciliary visits when required. The community mental health teams are part of wider integrated teams. Each team is colocated with staff from district nursing and the integrated rehabilitation team (community OT and Physiotherapists). These links are very helpful when managing a patient from a holistic viewpoint. The links will also allow the post holder to work towards closer integration between physical and mental health care, as well as primary and secondary care. Being co-located with this team allows for a free flow of advice and ideas between the services. The community mental health team for older adults includes: x Band 7 CPN CMHT Team Lead 1.0 Band 7 trainee ACP Band 5 & 6 CPNs, Occupational Therapists, support workers, psychology and team admin The DASS team includes x Band 7 OT Team Lead, x dementia assessment nurses and a job share post diagnostic associate practitioner, as well as support staff and access to Ots and neuropsychology The post holder will be based at the Mulberry Centre, in Burnham on Sea There is no inpatient responsibility associated with this post; however, the post holder will be expected to discuss possible admissions and discharges to our older adult's inpatient unit with the inpatient consultant or their deputy, to ensure safe transfer of care, into and out of the inpatient setting. The postholder may also by agreement offer mutual leave cover to the inpatient consultant, and other OPMH consultant colleagues.