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Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, North Dementia & Frailty Hub
The closing date is 26 October 2025
It is an exciting time to join us to work as a Consultant Psychiatrist with Older People in our Specialist Dementia and Frailty Community Mental Health Team in the North of Birmingham.
The base will be Reservoir Court in the Erdington Area of Birmingham. It includes an inpatient unit for older adults and has CMHT offices for older adults and outpatient clinics.
You will join one other Consultant in the North Community Hub as well as two Specialty Doctors, resident doctors, a Team Manager, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, CPNs, Clinical Psychologist, OTs, HCAs, Receptionist and team admin.
We invite applications from motivated and appropriately qualified candidates to join a team of ten community consultants, three inpatient consultants and a Trust wide Memory Assessment and Rare Dementia Service.
You will require a CCT in Older Adult Psychiatry (or equivalent) or be within six months of the award of a CCT (or equivalent).
Main duties of the job
This role will involve assessments, management and treatment of patients mostly over 65 years of age which includes both organic and functional presentations. You will need to be committed to provide both outpatient appointments and home visits, along with attending care homes and nursing homes across the catchment area. Duties will also include emergency and urgent clinical assessments, Mental Health Act assessments, supervision of resident doctors in the team and working as an MDT with all professional colleagues within and outside the team.
There will be opportunities for collaborative working with system partners with widening PCNs and ICs in the new model of community transformation.
About us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Job responsibilities
North Hub CMHT manages a caseload of approximately 1900 patients and as a team, an average of 25-30 new referrals each week. Most new assessments are conducted by the allocated team clinicians and patients are allocated to doctors as appropriate.
Please see the attached job description for full details of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
* MRCPsych or equivalent
* Eligible for approval under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983) and Approved Clinician status
* Additional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field
* Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act and Approved Clinician status
Training
* Obtained inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in Older Adult Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register
* Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development
* Broad clinical training including both inpatient and community service
Experience
* Experience of assessing and treating patients with rare dementias in acute and community psychiatry settings
* Experience of providing psychological and/or social interventions
* Evidence of effective multi disciplinary team involvement
* Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
* Evidence of effective medical leadership or potential for this
* Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
* Experience of brief psychological therapies
* Broad experience in risk management
* Experience of contributing to or completion of a service
* Experience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery
Research and Audit
* Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team
* Completed clinically relevant audit projects
Personal skills
* High quality assessment skills which incorporate a comprehensive biopsycho-social understanding
* Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work
* Ability to work creatively within multidisciplinary team
* Ability to communicate in a second language
Other
* Willingness to be involved in management of service
* Able to participate in Consultant on call rota
* Able to travel across the community base
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.
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