# Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Old Age Psychiatry > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-in-community-old-age-psychiatry/52b18753-6aec-4325-8d9e-4339a0764fd6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-in-community-old-age-psychiatry/52b18753-6aec-4325-8d9e-4339a0764fd6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Nicholas Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 pro rata for part time - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 6 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-21T10:31:16.925Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Newcastle_upon_Tyne/Cumbria_Northumberland_Tyne_Wear_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychiatry/Psychiatry-v8246622 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8246622?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cntw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a 6 PA substantive Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Old Age Psychiatry: Newcastle North OAP CTT. This service operates at the St Nicholas Hospital in Gosforth, There are close links with the other Newcastle older adults’ community mental health teams and inpatient services, as well as the large all-age liaison psychiatry services at RVI, and the Universal Crisis team. You will join an experienced and well-established OAP CTT service which provides assessment and treatment for older adults with both functional and organic mental illnesses. You will join a skilled multi-disciplinary (MDT) workforce, including Consultant colleagues, Specialty doctor, resident doctors, non-medical prescribers, Nursing colleagues, Psychologist and Occupational therapist. As a Consultant, you will know what it means achieve this by leading a team. Striving for a better service leads to a better you. Working 6 PAs a week over 3 days alongside the multidisciplinary team, including SAS doctors, resident doctors, and wider clinical team, you will be the clinical expert from a medical perspective to ensure best practice care is delivered and support the team. Please note we can not sponsor GMC for this role. Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received. ### Main duties of the job - The post holder will participate in the engagement, assessment, diagnosis and formulation of patients referred to the Newcastle North Older persons CMHT - To provide medical leadership, consultation, advice and guidance within the CMHT, ensuring that care and treatment are safe, effective efficient and within national guidelines. - To provide medical assessment, diagnosis and formulation to appropriate patients. On completion of assessment, advice on diagnosis and treatment within the team and to external service providers. - To provide medical care to patients with severe mental health problems requiring enhanced care coordination. - To liaise, advise and consult with hospital doctors and primary care clinicians on diagnosis, treatment and management of patients. - To make assessments and recommendations under the Mental Health Act. - To train and supervise trainee medical staff, including medical students and other allied professionals. - To contribute to the ongoing training and development programmed within the CMHT and primary care. - To lead and advise on research and audit projects in the team, where appropriate, in conjunction with other team members in line with the clinical governance agenda. - To act as Lead professional for an appropriate caseload of patients outside care coordination arrangements, where the ongoing input required is solely medical. - To provide (or ensure referral to the appropriate service for provision of) up to date evidence based interventions. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This is a replacement post (6 PA) Consultant post where you will provide senior medical input into a Community Mental Health Team covering the older adult population of the Newcastle North locality. Other Consultants are currently covering this vacancy using additional PAs. The potholder will be working alongside the other Older person’s Consultant Psychiatrists in the OAP CTT in Newcastle East, West and N Tyneside localities, as well as the Older Person’s Consultants in the MAMS, Day Hospital and Behaviour Support teams. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details. ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - High level of clinical skills - Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team - Proven competence in diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders in Adult Psychiatry - Excellent communication skills - Excellent teaching skills - Demonstrate the ability to work in a time efficient manner **Desirable** - Established record of clinical leadership - Established ability as a clinical teacher - Training in specific and relevant treatment skills eg a brief form of psychological therapy. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Up to date knowledge in the field of Psychiatry - Awareness of current issues and controversies in service provision, mental health policy and legislation **Desirable** - An area of special interest relevant to the post as demonstrated by publications or presentations to learned societies ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of multidisciplinary team working - Wide clinical experience in general adult psychiatry in different clinical settings - Experience of Clinical Audit **Desirable** - Experience in multiagency work especially with service user, carer and voluntary agencies - Experience in service management or development ### Personal Characteristics **Essential** - Able to sustain self and support others - Trustworthiness - Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post - Maturity, openness and flexibility ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - MBBS (or equivalent) - Included on GMC Specialist Register (General Psychiatry) or eligible for inclusion, or a trainee within six months of CCT - Approved under Section12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 - Approved Clinician Status **Desirable** - MRCPsych or equivalent qualification - Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field - Has undergone training in educational supervision - Has undergone training in appraisal ## Documents - [join us - cntw (pdf, 2.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1302) - [job description (pdf, 480.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10558318) - [flexible working (pdf, 255.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10558319) - [interview guarantee scheme (pdf, 127.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1211) - [tips on how to complete your application (pdf, 171.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1209) - [reference guidelines for applicants - please read (pdf, 20.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1210) ## 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.