Consultant Psychiatrist in Inpatient General Adult Psychiatry - AAU

This post consists of 10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs) which includes 6 PAs of direct clinical care and 4 PAs for supporting activities and CPD. The consultant will be responsible for the care of patients admitted to the inpatient unit. The consultant will also work with well-established services alongside other medical and non-medical colleagues. The appointed consultant will provide strong leadership to the teams and drive further service developments in acute care. Junior doctor support in the form of Specialty doctors, higher trainee or a core psychiatric trainee is provided.

The successful candidate will be working alongside consultant colleagues in the North of the County. The ward is co-located on the Cavell Centre with three other Psychiatric Inpatient Units and the Crisis Home Treatment Team; all of which have substantive consultant Psychiatrists in post. These consultants form a key part of a multiprofessional clinical leadership team across the Wards at the Cavell Centre which provide a source of mutual professional support and collaborative working.

The post will involve close working relationship with modern matron, nurse specialists and team managers. A consultant mentor is offered to all new consultants as part of a well established package of support and engagement with the wider consultant body across the Trust.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum plus £40K Recruitment and Retention Premia (T&Cs apply)