Remedium Partners Limited
Old Age - Specialty Doctor - Wiltshire
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Old Age - Specialty Doctor - Wiltshire
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adult Psychiatry to join a well-established Community Mental Health Team delivering specialist community care to older adults.
This established consultant post sits within a supportive, multidisciplinary service, offering work across Community Mental Health, Memory, and Care Home Liaison services, as well as service development, teaching, and leadership.
You'll join an experienced team committed to high-quality, person-centred mental health care for older adults, with opportunities to develop specialist interests, undertake research, and help shape future services.
The Role
As Consultant Psychiatrist, You Will
- Provide consultant leadership within the Community Mental Health Team for Older Adults.
- Deliver specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment for older adults with a wide range of mental health conditions.
- Provide consultant input to the Memory Service and Care Home Liaison Team.
- Undertake outpatient clinics, community assessments and home visits.
- Manage patients presenting with dementia, mood disorders, psychosis, anxiety and other complex mental health conditions.
- Provide specialist advice and support to GPs, multidisciplinary colleagues and partner organisations.
- Participate in Mental Health Act assessments and fulfil Responsible Clinician duties where appropriate.
- Lead multidisciplinary decision-making, risk management and service planning.
- Support the continuous development of high-quality community mental health services.
- Participate in the consultant on-call rota.
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Multidisciplinary Working
You'll work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team including:
- Consultant Psychiatrists
- Specialty Doctors
- Care Coordinators
- Registered Mental Health Nurses
- Clinical Psychologists
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Support Workers
- Memory Service clinicians
- Care Home Liaison professionals
- Dedicated administrative support
The role offers a collaborative working environment with strong clinical support, shared decision-making across services, and dedicated administrative support.
Teaching, Leadership & Research
This role offers excellent opportunities to:
- Supervise Specialty Doctors and junior medical staff.
- Teach undergraduate medical students and postgraduate trainees.
- Become an Educational Supervisor and Clinical Supervisor.
- Participate in research, clinical audit and quality improvement projects.
- Develop specialist clinical interests.
- Access structured leadership development and mentoring programmes.
- Contribute to service innovation and strategic development.
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Person Specific Requirements
Essential
Applicants Must Have
- MBBS (or equivalent medical qualification).
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
- Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register, or be within six months of obtaining CCT.
- Approved Clinician status (or ability to obtain shortly after appointment).
- Section 12 approval (or ability to obtain shortly after appointment).
- Experience assessing and treating patients within community mental health services.
- Expertise in Older Adult Psychiatry, including the assessment and management of complex psychiatric presentations.
- Excellent multidisciplinary leadership and communication skills.
- Commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Experience in clinical audit and research.
- Evidence of management and leadership skills.
Desirable
- CCT in Older Adult Psychiatry.
- MRCPsych or equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
- Higher postgraduate qualification (MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent).
- Experience as an Educational Supervisor.
- Published research and audit projects.
- Previous management experience.
- Expertise in alternative community-based models of care and service development.
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