Specialty Doctor in Old Age Psychiatry Position

3 weeks ago


Peterborough, Peterborough, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Specialty Doctor in Old Age Psychiatry to join our team at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will provide oversight and psychiatric treatment for 22 beds for patients with primarily functional illness on the Maples ward.

Main Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Providing medical input to the day-to-day functioning of the ward, including the admission and treatment of patients.
  • Conducting psychiatric reviews of service users, supporting a multidisciplinary approach.
  • Participating in team handovers, ward rounds, and multidisciplinary Care Programme Approach (CPA) reviews.
  • Working effectively to facilitate timely discharge of patients from hospital.
  • Ensuring effective and timely documentation, including admission and discharge summaries, Mental Health Act reports, progress notes, and communicating clinical decision-making and management plans to relevant parties.
  • Liaising with partner agencies, including acute hospitals, social services, primary care, and private and voluntary agencies to ensure effective joint working in the provision of care to service users.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have:

  • Full GMC registration and licence to practice with the General Medical Council.
  • MBBS or equivalent formal qualification.
  • Completed a minimum of 4 years full-time postgraduate training (or equivalent) in a specialty training programme in psychiatry or as a fixed-term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty.
  • Experience engaging in and delivering clinical supervision and training.
  • Proven experience of good working relationships within a multi-disciplinary team.

About Us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

We are committed to delivering many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult, and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care, and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research, and development.

We look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long-term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.



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