Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Old Age Psychiatry - Fenland

• Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Old Age Psychiatry - Fenland
• Company: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

The successful candidate will work alongside community-based colleagues to provide assessment and psychiatric treatment for older adults within the Fenland community across a largely rural area.

The population of over 65s in the Fenland area is approximately 25,000 out of 113,064.

In its entirety, the OPMH team had 912 referrals in the past 12 months.

On average the Fenland OPMH service receives 76 referrals per month, with approx. 9 for psychiatry outpatient and 36 for memory assessment.

Salary £109,725 – £145,478 per annum plus £40,000 Recruitment and Retention Premium (T&Cs apply).

• Clinical Responsibilities
• Lead the multidisciplinary team in providing excellent psychiatric care.
• Provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment plans – many assessments involve patients referred for possible dementia.
• Lead weekly MDT meetings and ensure prompt reviews of acutely unwell patients.
• Work closely with the CRHTT OP, community teams and liaison services as patients move between these teams.
• Deliver evidence‑based treatments.
• Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date clinical records using our EPR, Systm One.
• Partake in cross‑cover for consultant colleagues during annual and study leave to maintain continuous service.

The Trust is actively involved in clinical research and would encourage candidates to participate in research activities.

• Leadership
• Provide clinical leadership for the Older Peoples Services during a period of considerable transition.
• Support the consultant body’s involvement in regional and national groups, subject to discussion and approval with the medical director and, as necessary, the chief executive officer.
• Teaching and Education
• Contribute to the psychiatry postgraduate teaching programme.
• Support training and development of staff within the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in postgraduate teaching and continuing medical education activities.
• Provide mentoring to new consultants and help them find an appropriate peer group.
• CPD time is incorporated into the job plan, with a study leave budget available to support CPD activities externally.
• Maintain good standing for CPD with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Attend Friday morning CPD sessions via Teams and offer opportunities for consultants to present.
• Attend Friday afternoon CPD activities such as journal club, case discussions and management meetings.
• Encourage further training and supervision 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.
• Administer patient information systems and ensure data entry complies with service policies and guidance.
• Work in accordance with Trust and service policies and guidelines.
• Management
• Collaborate with the Service Manager and Clinical Director to manage the Older People’s Acute Care System.
• Contribute to the planning and further development of Older People’s Mental Health Services and the wider community service.
• Attend meetings relevant to the service interests.
• Research
• Support the broader CPFT research endeavour where possible.
• Potentially act as a principal investigator for clinical trials into dementia and other late‑life mental health disorders or pursue other research interests.
• Clinical Governance
• Act within locally and nationally agreed protocols and be actively involved in clinical governance within the service.
• On‑Call
• May opt to take part in the consultant out‑of‑hours on‑call rota (1:25, Category A).
• Receive support from core and senior trainees; on‑call remuneration is approximately 3% subject to review.
• Cover old age and general adult patients; a separate CAMHS rota exists.
• Other Duties
• Carry out additional duties assigned by the Trust, provided reasonable agreement.
• Accountability
• Accountable to the clinical director in the directorate (currently Dr Anna Forrest) and to the Trust Board through the Executive Medical Director.
• Hold to the revalidation and annual appraisal process under the supervision of the Medical Director and Responsible Officer.

This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Aug 2026.

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