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Consultant in Old Age Liaison Psychiatry
The closing date is 31 May 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Old Age Liaison Psychiatry service at Southampton General Hospital. This is a replacement post within a well-established, PLAN-accredited liaison psychiatry service covering the acute hospital.
The post-holder will be employed by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, with an honorary contract at University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.The role provides consultant leadership and clinical expertise to the Old Age Liaison Psychiatry MDT, supporting older adults, people with dementia of any age, and patients whose needs are best met by Older Persons Mental Health services.
The post includes participation in the Southampton OPMH on-call rota, Responsible Clinician duties supported by an established Mental Health Act administration service, and 1.5 SPA sessions. There are opportunities to develop a special interest aligned with acute hospital services.
Teaching and education are strongly embedded in the service, with active involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and close links with the University of Southampton.
You will join a supportive and experienced liaison psychiatry team and work closely with a wide range of established mental health and acute trust services within a large teaching hospital environment.
Main duties of the job
Consultants will use their skills and expertise to achieve the best care for service users, with a focus on providing supervision and oversight of the team and the assessment and management of complexity and severity. This includes:
* Focusing on the management of service users presenting with the greatest complexity and severity, necessitating a small caseload to respond flexibly.
* Ensuring appropriate and effective engagement with carers and ward teams.
* Management of risk.
* Providing Responsible Clinician care for those detained under the Mental Health Act.
* Working effectively as a member of the leadership team in collaboration with other clinical and managerial leaders.
* Undertaking timely administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
* Recording clinical activity accurately and comprehensively.
* Participating in service and business planning activity for the service.
* Participating in annual appraisal for consultants.
Qualifications
* Full Registration with the General Medical
* MRCPsych or recognised equivalent
* Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at time of interview. CCT in old age psychiatry.
* Approved under section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983.
* Relevant Higher Degree e.g., MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
* To hold Approved Clinician status at the point of taking up post
Experience
* Prior experience of general adult psychiatry
* Prior experience of working with detained/Mental Health inpatients as senior trainee or consultant.
* Prior experience of audit and an understanding of the principles of clinical governance.
* Proven commitment to improving the quality of clinical care.
* Experience of crisis, inpatient or community mental health team care for adults.
* Experience of please add in any other essential clinical requirements.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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