Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist; Inpatient

Overview

The successful candidate will provide consultant oversight and psychiatric treatment for 22 beds for patients with primarily functional illness on the Maples. It is anticipated that the job plan will include the opportunity to develop special interest such as teaching or research., The successful candidate will provide excellent psychiatric care taking responsibility for 22 beds for Older Adults on the Maples Unit in Peterborough.

The job plan is flexible to take account of clinical and professional interests and time is available within the job plan for suitably qualified and motivated individuals to develop interests such as teaching and research.

The post holder will work closely with colleagues in the CRHTT OP, community teams and liaison services for older people to provide a seamless pathway.

Maples is a 22 bedded ward, staffed as a single unit but patients with functional and organic illness are managed in two fully separate areas (8 beds for dementia, 14 beds for functional). Both the wards now provide care for functional patients and organic patients are admitted to Denbeigh ward, Cambridge.

The ward is supported by a full MDT including access to OT, OTAs, psychology, physiotherapy and SALT. The ward is supported by a full time SAS Dr, sometimes ST and two junior drs. The post holder will be expected to be a clinical supervisor for the specialty trainee and development as an educational supervisor is encouraged. There is also a robust and effective discharge planning team.

One of the CPFT community geriatricians visits the ward one morning per week and all the community physical health teams are available to support the ward.

The successful post holder will work closely with the CRHTT OP based at the Cavell providing cross cover when needed. The CRHTT OP comprises a team leader, a consultant psychiatrist, a dementia nurse specialist, 10 CPNs, and 3.5 support workers. The team covers the North of the Trust area including Peterborough, Huntingdon and Fenland.

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.

Our clinical teams deliver 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.

To achieve our goal, 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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