# Consultant in Old Age Liaison Psychiatry > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-old-age-liaison-psychiatry/f07e4493-02db-45fd-8371-2be715a3a6a9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-old-age-liaison-psychiatry/f07e4493-02db-45fd-8371-2be715a3a6a9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Southampton - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £109,725 to £145,478 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part-time, Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-07-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T10:55:48.993Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9348-26-1068?employerCode=C9348 - **Application URL:** https://southernhealth.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/11223?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Old Age Liaison Psychiatry service at Southampton General Hospital. This is a replacement post within a well-established, PLAN-accredited liaison psychiatry service covering the acute hospital. The post-holder will be employed by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, with an honorary contract at University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.The role provides consultant leadership and clinical expertise to the Old Age Liaison Psychiatry MDT, supporting older adults, people with dementia of any age, and patients whose needs are best met by Older Person's Mental Health services. The post includes participation in the Southampton OPMH on-call rota, Responsible Clinician duties supported by an established Mental Health Act administration service, and 1.5 SPA sessions. There are opportunities to develop a special interest aligned with acute hospital services. Teaching and education are strongly embedded in the service, with active involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and close links with the University of Southampton. You will join a supportive and experienced liaison psychiatry team and work closely with a wide range of established mental health and acute trust services within a large teaching hospital environment. ### Main duties of the job Consultants will use their skills and expertise to achieve the best care for service users, with a focus on providing supervision and oversight of the team and the assessment and management of complexity and severity. This includes: Focusing on the management of service users presenting with the greatest complexity and severity will necessitate the consultant working with a small case load in order to be able to respond in a flexible and timely way to the needs of the most unwell and or most urgent. Managing complex information. Ensuring appropriate and effective engagement with carers and ward teams. Management of risk. Providing Responsible Clinician care for those detained under the Mental Health Act Consultants will work effectively as a member of the leadership team in collaboration with other clinical and managerial leaders. To undertake timely administrative duties associated with the care of patients. To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively. To participate in service and business planning activity for the service. To participate in annual appraisal for consultants. ### About us Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives. Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care. We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support. Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence ### Details - Date posted: 02 June 2026 - Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff - Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year Pro Rata - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working - Reference number: 348-SSW-MED-11223 - Job locations: University Hospital Southampton, Tremona Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Old Age Liaison Psychiatry service at Southampton General Hospital. This is a replacement post within a well-established, PLAN-accredited liaison psychiatry service covering the acute hospital. The post-holder will be employed by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, with an honorary contract at University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.The role provides consultant leadership and clinical expertise to the Old Age Liaison Psychiatry MDT, supporting older adults, people with dementia of any age, and patients whose needs are best met by Older Person's Mental Health services. The post includes participation in the Southampton OPMH on-call rota, Responsible Clinician duties supported by an established Mental Health Act administration service, and 1.5 SPA sessions. There are opportunities to develop a special interest aligned with acute hospital services. Teaching and education are strongly embedded in the service, with active involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and close links with the University of Southampton. You will join a supportive and experienced liaison psychiatry team and work closely with a wide range of established mental health and acute trust services within a large teaching hospital environment. ## Job Description Consultants will use their skills and expertise to achieve the best care for service users, with a focus on providing supervision and oversight of the team and the assessment and management of complexity and severity. This includes: Focusing on the management of service users presenting with the greatest complexity and severity will necessitate the consultant working with a small case load in order to be able to respond in a flexible and timely way to the needs of the most unwell and or most urgent. Managing complex information. Ensuring appropriate and effective engagement with carers and ward teams. Management of risk. Providing Responsible Clinician care for those detained under the Mental Health Act Consultants will work effectively as a member of the leadership team in collaboration with other clinical and managerial leaders. To undertake timely administrative duties associated with the care of patients. To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively. To participate in service and business planning activity for the service. To participate in annual appraisal for consultants. ## Responsibilities Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Prior experience of general adult psychiatry - Prior experience of working with - detained/Mental Health inpatients as - senior trainee or consultant. - Prior experience in please add in any other essential clinical requirements. - Experience of audit and an understanding of the principles of clinical governance. **Desirable** - Proven commitment to improving the quality of clinical care. - Experience of crisis, inpatient or community mental health team care for adults. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full Registration with the General Medical - Council - MRCPsych or recognised equivalent - Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at time of interview. CCT in old age psychiatry. - Approved under section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983. **Desirable** - Relevant Higher Degree e.g., MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications - Liaison accreditation. - To hold Approved Clinician status - at the point of taking up post ## Documents - [EmployeeBenefits_hiowh_v1-compressed_3.pdf (PDF, 1002 KB)](document:2943470) - [OPMH Liaison Psychiatry cons job description Apr 26.docx (DOCX, 926 KB)](document:2943469) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.