# Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Salisbury > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust Partnership NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-old-age-psychiatry-salisbury/8cb3df68-1226-4e1a-8177-b2abf9ecaf64 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-old-age-psychiatry-salisbury/8cb3df68-1226-4e1a-8177-b2abf9ecaf64.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust Partnership NHS Trust - **Town:** Bath - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Substantive - **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-11T08:22:23.917Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Salisbury/Avon_Wiltshire_Mental_Health_Partnership_NHS_Trust/Old_Age_Psychiatry/Old_Age_Psychiatry-v8074584 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8074584?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.awp.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join an established Community Mental Health Team providing services for adults of all ages in the community in Wiltshire.  The successful applicant will work with Older Adults within the team with an Older Adult colleague and Adult of Working Age Colleagues.  The post is an existing post which has become vacant on the previous incumbent retiring. Fountain Way benefits from modern facilities, a hospital library, shop and a new primary care centre.  Salisbury is a beautiful cathedral city with excellent schools, a vibrant arts culture, easy road access to the New Forest, South Coast, Winchester and Bath and a direct rail link to London in under 90 minutes. The post holder will work alongside a friendly and enthusiastic group of colleagues as well as visiting medical students from the University of Southampton. There is an in-house weekly teaching programme.   We encourage the development of special interests and involvement in management. ### Main duties of the job The post holder  will work within the Sarum Community Mental Health Team, the Memory Service and the Care Home Liaison team for designated surgeries within the Clinical Commissioning Group area. You will provide consultant medical input to a population of approximately 19000 older adults registered with GP practices within the South Wiltshire area. The post holder will be supported by 0.7 whole time equivalent of Specialist Doctors time within their CMHT patch and will be encouraged to be a trainer. Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post. ## Person Specification ### Teaching **Essential** - Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching. - Understand principles of teaching. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of assessing and treating patients in a community setting. ### Management **Essential** - Evidence of management/leadership skills training. ### Eligibility **Essential** - Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment - Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of gaining CCT - Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment - Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment **Desirable** - CCT in Older Adult Psychaitry ### Qualifications **Essential** - MB BS or equivalent medical qualification **Desirable** - Relevant Higher Degree e.g MD,PHD,Msc or other additional clinical qualifications - MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. ### Clinical Skills **Essential** - Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Older Adults and to deal with crisis situations. ### Personal Skills **Essential** - To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team. - Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work - Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff. - Excellent written and oral communication skills ### Research and Audit **Essential** - Experience or involvement in a research project and publication. - Experience of carrying out an audit project. ## Documents - [value of the nhs pension scheme (pdf, 279.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2795) - [342-rvn136-bsw-sm -old age cmht- memory (pdf, 598.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10366126) ## 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.