Job overview
Join a dynamic Liaison Psychiatry Service at Peterborough City Hospital, where you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to patients with complex mental and physical health needs. This substantive part-time Consultant post ( sessions) offers the chance to work primarily with adults aged to, providing expert assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in a fast-paced general hospital setting. We are particularly keen to hear from consultants with dual training in adult and older adult psychiatry, who can also bring valuable input to older adult care and provide cross-cover for colleagues. The role offers flexibility and can be shaped around the successful applicant’s skills, interests, and experience, making it an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop a rewarding portfolio within a supportive and collaborative team. There may also be scope to increase sessions in the future.
Main duties of the job
• To provide clinical leadership to the Liaison Psychiatry Service focussed on the assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment of patients with psychiatric and psychological co-morbidity in the general hospital.
• To work collaboratively with CPFT and NWAFT colleagues to ensure high quality, integrated care for patients
• To work with CPFT and NWAFT to achieve agreed performance targets including the collection and monitoring of clinical outcome data across the service for service development and commissioning purposes.
• Participate in clinical audit as relevant to service needs
• To work in accordance with Trust and service policies and guidelines.
• To lead a programme for the training and support of staff in NWAFT.
• To provide clinical supervision for post graduate psychiatry trainees, foundation doctors, and GP trainees.
• To engage in teaching and supervising of Cambridge university psychiatry medical students on placement in LPS
• To maintain CPD activities.
• To support the broader CPFT research endeavour where possible.
• The post-holder will ensure that they are in good medical standing for CPD, that their practice is up-to-date and in line with the GMCs Good Medical Practice Guidelines and will be able to evidence this for the purposes of annual appraisal.
Working for our organisation
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.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
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