Join a compassionate and forward‑looking Liaison Psychiatry Service at Peterborough City Hospital, where you will play a key role in improving care for older adults with complex mental and physical health needs. This substantive part‑time Consultant post (3 sessions) offers the opportunity to provide expert assessment, diagnosis, and evidence‑based treatment for patients aged 65 and over within a busy general hospital setting. You will work alongside experienced colleagues in a supportive multidisciplinary team and contribute to high‑quality, integrated care across organisations.
Responsibilities
Provide clinical leadership to the Liaison Psychiatry Service focused on the assessment, diagnosis and evidence‑based treatment of patients with psychiatric and psychological co‑morbidities in the general hospital.
Work collaboratively with CPFT and NWAFT colleagues to ensure high quality, integrated care for patients.
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.
Work in accordance with Trust and service policies and guidelines.
Lead a programme for the training and support of staff in NWAFT.
Provide clinical supervision for post‑graduate psychiatry trainees, foundation doctors, and GP trainees.
Engage in teaching and supervising Cambridge University psychiatry medical students on placement in LP.
Maintain CPD activities.
Support the broader CPFT research endeavour where possible.
The post‑holder must be in good medical standing for CPD, their practice up‑to‑date and in line with the GMC Good Medical Practice Guidelines, and be able to evidence this for the purposes of annual appraisal.
Equal Opportunities 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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