Job overview
Cambridge Adult Locality Team
This post is providing consultant clinical leadership and patient care in our community mental health team in South Cambridge.
Alongside a team of substantive consultants, you will provide assessment and treatment for all patients in your area. Consultant psychiatrists work with a sector team to cover a geographical patch. They also have aligned staff from the award-winning Primary Care Mental health Service (PCMH) team who support and assess patients in primary care and step patients up into the team when needed. Consultants are expected to form close working relationships with their allocated group of GPs and to provide support and supervision to the Primary Care Mental Health team in their area as well as to provide care to patients needing specialist mental health care.
Main duties of the job
To provide Consultant input to community mental health team
To observe local and national employment directives with regard to managed medical personnel land ensure adherence to appropriate NHS and Trust policies.
Working for our organisation
CPFT is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our BAME & LGBTQ+ communities.
For further information on CPFT please visit our website