Consultant Psychiatrist in Old Age Psychiatry

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust Consultant Psychiatrist in Old Age Psychiatry

The closing date is 27 June 2025

This is a new post for an Old Age consultant psychiatrist to provide medical input into our multi-award-winning Memory & Later Life services in North Cumbria. The post holder will work along with a multidisciplinary team covering the old people's population in North-Cumbria. This includes innovative services around Early Memory, Diagnosis and Treatment (written up as an area of outstanding practice by the Peter Sowerby Foundation) and including exciting developments in primary care; Our multi-disciplinary community teams supporting both people with functional and/or organic mental health needs; CHESS (Care Home Education & Support Service)- winner of awards including HSJ, Patient Safety and Nursing Times awards and supporting our Liaison services including Reach Out Delirium Service, winner of Royal College of Psychiatrist's Team of the year in 2021.

The post holder will provide senior clinical expertise and will be joining a close working team with outstanding support across the organization in terms of development, academic research, support to learning with a full medical education suite in Cumbria and links to the new Pears Cumbria School of Medicine.

Those applicants wishing to work less than full time are also encouraged to apply. Through job planning virtual/remote working may also be incorporated into the role where appropriate.

Main duties of the job

This is a full-time substantive Consultant post providing senior clinical and leadership input within the Old Age Community Treatment Team. Post holder would be expected to work alongside other experienced consultants, Psychologists, nurses, Occupational Therapists and other members of the MDT covering the working the population in North Cumbria. The post-holder is expected to:

Participate in the engagement, assessment, diagnosis and formulation of patients referred to the CTT.

Be committed to delivering excellence in clinical care,

Work effectively with the multidisciplinary community team and in-patient teams.

Promote the safety and well-being of the patients we serve.

To respect the rights and the dignity of patients.

To consider the individual and cultural needs of patients and

To work with families and carers in the best interest of the patient (in line with the Trust Carers' Charter).

About us

Why us?

• Up to £8k relocation package
• 30 days study leave (every 3 years) with a generous study leave allowance
• Flexible working opportunities created with you involved in your job plan
• Remote working available as suits service needs
• Dedicated and protected SPA time
• Focus on creating a healthy workforce by investing heavily in health and wellbeing accessible support including emotional, physical, social, psychological financial and career well being
• Teaching and research opportunities available
• Stimulating CPD sessions and programs including mentoring, medical leadership, and coaching
• Teaching opportunities in our brand-new state of the art Medical Education Centre
• Employee Excellence awards
• Plus, lots more employee benefits including discounts. Find out more at

As an added bonus, the Trust is located in the Northeast of England and Cumbria which is an area of outstanding natural beauty, containing national parks, ancient heritage sites and major cities supported by excellent national and international transport links. The area is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District National Park which is considered one of England's finest areas of natural beauty.

Job responsibilities

Please read our attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on our exciting role available.

For any further details or to discuss the post please contact:

Dr Sarah Maddicott,

Please contact: Dr Oladipupo Omolabi,

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest healthcare Trusts in the country. Serving a population of 1.7 million, with a budget of circa £380 million and 7,000 staff, we work from over 70 sites across Northumberland, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland and Cumbria.

As an organization we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

The Trust is committed to achieving high standards of health for its service users, staff and visitors, providing a safe environment for staff, and we operate a smoke-free policy on all sites.

Person Specification Qualifications/Eligibility

• MBBS (or equivalent)
• Registration with GMC (or eligible to become registered) with a licence to practice.
• Included on GMC Specialist Register (Old Age Psychiatry) or eligible for inclusion or included within six months of CCT/CESR.
• Approved under Section12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 OR able to achieve within three months of appointment.
• Approved Clinician Status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment.
• Possess a CCT/CESR in Psychiatry
• Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field.
• Has undergone training in educational supervision.
• Has undergone training in appraisal.

Knowledge

• Up to date knowledge in the relevant field of Psychiatry.
• Awareness of current issues and controversies in service provision, mental health policy and legislation.
• An area of special interest relevant to the post as demonstrated by publications or presentations to learned societies.

Experience

• Experience of multidisciplinary team working
• Wide clinical experience in old age psychiatry in different clinical settings.
• Experience of Clinical Audit.
• Experience in multi-agency work especially with service user, carer and voluntary agencies.
• Experience in service management or development.

Skills

• High level of clinical skills.
• Proven competence in diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders in the older age population
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a time efficient manner.
• Excellent teaching skills.
• Established ability as a clinical teacher.
• Established record of clinical leadership.
• Training in specific and relevant treatment skills e.g. a brief form of psychological therapy.

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.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

£105,504 to £139,882 a yearpro rata for part time