Specialty Doctor : Older Adults Community Mental Health Team, Central

The Specialty doctor will carry an individual caseload but will have support of a consultant in their role. The post holder will undertake community visits in patient's homes and care home visits. The post holder will do outpatient clinics. The Specialty doctor will be expected to undertake Mental Health Act assessments. The Central Older Persons CMHT comprises of two teams (the other one based in Crewe) but the post holder's main work will be in Winsford based CMHT. This CMHT post is based at the Vale House Resource Centre, Winsford of Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) NHS foundation trust. This post has been newly created to increase the medical input into the older adult's community mental health team. The post holder will receive support from the existing full time substantive consultant attached to the community mental health team. This team provides community care service to patients with mental disorders in Central Cheshire.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries. Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall. We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you. CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences. To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role. We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

• We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000
The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time (10 PA's) Specialty Doctor in Older Adults. The post holder will be a core member of the Community Mental Health Team. The successful applicant will work alongside a large and enthusiastic number of consultant and Specialty Dr colleagues working across Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust. The applicant will see patients referred to the Older Adults Community Mental Health Team. This will include assessing and managing functional and organic patients in the outpatient clinics and in the community.