Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Old Age Psychiatry - Fenland

Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Old Age Psychiatry - Fenland

Consultant

Main area NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Grade Consultant Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

10 sessions per week Job ref 310-MED-4345536-V

Site Doddington Town March Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 29/10/2026

Job overview

The successful candidate will work alongside a community-based colleagues to provide assessment and psychiatric treatment for Older Adults within the Fenland community across a largely rural area.

The population of over 65’s in the Fenland area is approximately 25 000 out of 113 064. In its entirety, the OPMH team had 912 referrals in the past 12 months. Not all referrals require the consultant to see them, many are managed by other staff in the community team. On average the Fenland OPMH service receives 76 referrals per month, with approx. 9 for psychiatry outpatient and 36 for memory assessment

Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum plus £40,000 Recruitment and Retention Premium (T&Cs apply).

Main duties of the job

Clinical:

To lead the multidisciplinary team in providing excellent psychiatric care

To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment plans.

To lead weekly MDT meetings and ensure prompt reviews of acutely unwell patients

To work closely with the CRHTT OP, community teams and liaison services as patients move between these teams

Cambridgeshire offers a variety of recreational pursuits and stunning countryside, and a wide range of cultural activities, and is well connected via excellent road and rail links.

The Trust is actively involved in clinical research and would encourage candidates to participate in research activities.

Clinical

• 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 using our EPR, SystmOne
• To partake in providing cross cover for consultant colleagues for annual & study leave to maintain continuous service.

Leadership

• To provide clinical leadership for the Older Peoples Services at a time of considerable transition
• The Trust will support the involvement of the consultant body in regional and national groups subject to discussion and approval with the medical director and, as necessary, the chief executive officer.

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.
• For new consultants mentoring is provided and they are helped to find an appropriate peer group.
• CPD time is incorporated in to the job plan; in addition, a study leave budget is available to support CPD activities externally.
• Expectation to remain in good standing for CPD with the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Friday morning CPD sessions are held via Teams and all consultants are offered a turn to present.
• Friday afternoon CPD activity include items such journal club, case discussions and management meetings.
• Consultants are encouraged to undergo the appropriate training and become educational supervisors for trainees.

Administration

• 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 People’s Acute Care System
• To contribute to the planning and further development of Older People’s Mental Health Services and of the wider community service
• 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 principal 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-call

• The post holder may opt to take part in the consultant out of hours on call rota. Currently this is approximately 1:25 (Category A)There is support when on call from core and senior trainees. 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 currently a separate CAMHS on call rota.

Other duties

• From time to time, it may be necessary for the post holder to carry out such other duties as may be assigned, with agreement, by the Trust. It is expected that the post holder will not unreasonably withhold agreement to any reasonable proposed changes that the Trust might make.

Accountability

• The post holder will be accountable to the clinical director in the directorate (currently Dr Anna Forrest). Professional accountability is to the Trust Board through the Trust Executive 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 and Responsible Officer. You shall have access to job planning and appraisal software for online submission.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register
• S12/ AC approved
• CCT in relavent specialty. Candidates with a CESR or appropriate experience will be considered equally and are encouraged to apply
• The post holder must have a valid UK driving license and be willing and able to drive
• MD or PhD
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education

Experience

• experience of working in a community facing team
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Old Age
• Experience of research and service development

Characteristics

• Ability to work in a team.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the context of the service within the wider context of developments in the NHS. First‑hand experience of developing services in a constantly changing environment and to tight budgetary restraints would be an advantage.
• Candidates need to be effective teachers and trainers and be able to guide their own continuing education and training.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children’s community services in Peterborough;
• Ground‑breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre‑employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Anna Forrest Job title Clinical Director Email address Anna.Forrest@cpft.nhs.uk Telephone number 07811 819745 Additional information

Vandana B.Menon - vandana.menon@cpft.nhs.uk