Consultant Psychiatrist in Old Age CRHTT

Job overview

Main Duties of The Consultant Post Consultant Psychiatrists are a valuable and finite resource within our clinical services and whilst the primary responsibility for every consultant is the delivery of a high-quality clinical service all consultants will be expected to be actively involved in the strategic development of the service and work with their non-medical senior leaders to steer the development of their service in line with the strategic direction of the organisation.

We are committed to ensuring all our Consultant Psychiatrists are effective and compassionate clinical leaders. Clinical leadership, innovation and service performance are key components to all our consultant positions. We will provide the necessary training and development opportunities for all Consultants joining the Trust to ensure they are able to deliver these components of their role.

Main duties of the job

The Post The Peterborough team covers both the Older Adults Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CHRTT-OP) and the Dementia Intensive Support Service (DIST). It forms part of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust’s (CPFT) Older People’s Mental Health Services and is based at The Cavell Centre. The service provides specialist, multidisciplinary assessment and intensive support for older adults, including people living with dementia, who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis, complex mental health needs or a deterioration in their wellbeing. The team works closely with service users, families, carers and partner agencies to provide timely, coordinated care that supports people to remain safely at home wherever possible and helps reduce the need for hospital admission.

The focus of the service is to meet the needs of service users who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis. All interventions provided by the service are short term and focused on the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of the service user and their carers and family during the period of the crisis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Overview of the general duties/responsibilities: 1. Be an active participant and leader of the team, contributing to and developing the operational and clinical function of the service (with a focus on the management and treatment of complex , high-risk patients) 2. Ensure clinical audit of the service and implementation of appropriate assessment tools and outcome measures as an integrated part of the service and contribute to quality improvement initiatives. 3. Participate and engage with service development and wider Trust development initiatives. 4. Provide evidence-based interventions for patients under their care, and support management of the service according to Trust policies and NICE standards. 5. Liaise promptly with patients, carers, other psychiatry colleagues, general practitioners, and voluntary and statutory organisations to ensure high quality well-co-ordinated care. 6. Complete administrative tasks associated with the care of patients in a timely manner. This will include recording clinical activity accurately, comprehensively, and promptly. It also includes ensuring that relevant KPIs, clustering and CQUIN requirements are fulfilled within their service. 7. The post holder will share responsibility for and will actively participate in the provision of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching with consultant colleagues in the Trust, and will also contribute to teaching, supervision, and training of staff of other disciplines. 8. The post holder will provide clinical supervision to junior doctors as necessary. 9. Maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Approved Clinician/ Mental health Act Section 12 (2) approval and to abide by professional codes of conduct. 10. Comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the clinical director and other managers in preparing plans for services. 11. Offer supervision to other members, both medical and non-medical. 12. Ability to travel between Trust sites, patient contacts and community clinical work where required.

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.