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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being. To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.

Contact

Address: Elizabeth House; Fulbourn Hospital; Fulbourn; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; CB21 5EF
Contact Number: 0800 953 7016

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Ref: 310-MED-7392953 Vacancy ID: 7392953

Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Old Age - Huntingdon

Accepting applications until: 09-Sep-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 09-Sep-2025 23:59

Location

Site: Newtown Centre
Address: Nursery Road
Town: Huntingdon
Postcode: PE29 3RJ
Major / Minor Region: Cambridgeshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week

Salary

Salary: £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)

Specialty

Main area: Old Age Psychiatry

Interview date: 18/09/2025

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties

Clinical

To lead the multidisciplinary team in providing excellent psychiatric care
To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment plans. Much of the work is providing assessments for new patients, many of whom are people referred for assessment of possible dementia. Patients are then discharged back to G.P. care or are taken into the multi-disciplinary team where they are care co-ordinated by a team member and reviewed by the consultant as required.
To lead weekly MDT meetings and ensure prompt reviews of unwell patients
To work closely with the CRHTT OP, community teams and liaison services as patients move between these teams
To deliver evidence-based treatments
To maintain accurate and up to date clinical records
To partake in providing cross cover for consultant colleagues for annual & study leave to maintain continuous service. In particular, the successful applicant will be expected to jointly cover the other consultant in the Huntingdon team when they are absent (e.g. study leave / annual leave).

Leadership
• To provide clinical leadership for the Older People’s Mental Health Services

Teaching/Education
• Contribute to the psychiatry post-graduate teaching programme.
• Contribute to the psychiatry teaching programme for undergraduate medical students
• Contribute to the training and support of staff in within the wider MDT
• Contribute to postgraduate teaching as well as to continuing medical education activities.
• Maintain CPD activities.
• For new consultants mentoring is provided and they are helped to find an appropriate peer group. The current study leave budget for consultants is £600 per year for appropriate activities. CPD time is incorporated in to the job plan. There is an active programme of weekly CPD activity, delivered via Teams, and to which all will contribute on a rota basis.
• Consultants are encouraged to undergo the appropriate training and become educational supervisors for trainees

Administration
• Work with CPFT to achieve agreed performance targets.
• Contribute to the collection and monitoring of clinical outcome data for service development and commissioning purposes
• Participate in audit
• Participate in the administration of patient information systems and ensure that data are entered in accordance with service policies and guidance.
• Work in accordance with Trust and service policies and guidelines.

Management
• Work with the Service Manager and Clinical Director to contribute to the management of Older Peoples Acute Care System
• To contribute to the planning and further development of Older Peoples Mental Health Services and of the wider community services
• To attend meetings, relevant to the interests of the service

Research

The post-holder is expected to support the broader CPFT research endeavour where possible. It is anticipated that funding would become available for the right applicant to become involved in research, potentially acting as a principle investigator for clinical trials into dementia and other late life mental health disorders or making use of local opportunities to develop other research interests.

Clinical Governance
The post-holder will be aware of, and act within, locally and nationally agreed protocols and actively involved in clinical governance within the service.

On-call
The post holder may be required to take part in the consultant out of hours on call rota. Currently this is approximately 1:25.
There is support when on call from core and senior trainees. Not all consultants within CPFT participate in the on-call rota. Consultants are not put on the rota for the first 6 months after appointment. On call is currently remunerated at a rate of 3% subject to current monitoring and possible review. The on-call consultant covers old age and general adult. There is a separate CAMHS on call rota.

Accountability
The post holder will be accountable to the lead psychiatrist in the directorate (currently Anna Forrest). Professional accountability is to the Trust Board through the Trust Medical Director.

Job Planning & Appraisal
Consultants are required to take part in the Revalidation and annual appraisal process under the supervision of the Medical Director, Dr Cathy Walsh, and Responsible Officer.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
Children and young people’s mental health services;
Children’s community services in Peterborough;
Social care;
Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Entry on the GMC Specialist Register
CCT in Psychiatry of Old Age or Candidates with a CESR will be considered equally and are encouraged to apply
Approved Clinician Status or eligible to attend training.
The post holder must have a valid UK driving license and be willing and able to drive

Desirable criteria

MD or PhD
Postgraduate qualification in medical education
Diploma in geriatric medicine

Experience

Essential criteria

Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Old Age

Desirable criteria

Experience of research
Experience of service development

Characteristics

Essential criteria

Ability to work in a team
Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the context of the service within the wider context of developments in the NHS.
First-hand experience of developing services in a constantly changing environment and to tight budgetary restraints would be an advantage
Candidates need to be effective teachers and trainers and be able to guide their own continuing education and training.