Consultant Psychiatrist

Job summary

This post is being advertised pending Royal College Approval

We are offering an exciting and new opportunity as a GMC Registered Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry to join our newly developed Older Adult Outreach service based at St George's Hospital, Stafford, Staffordshire.

The Outreach Service is a new service that offers home treatment support to patients with both Dementia and Older Adults with Mental health conditions in the South Staffordshire locality. The Outreach service provides short-term additional intervention and mental health support to older adults who are known to the Community Mental Health teams but are requiring an enhanced service at that time. The team also facilitates timely discharge from the inpatient Older Adult wards.

This post offers Consultant Psychiatrist level support to this team and will also offer Consultant Psychiatrist level support and supervision to the functional and organic assessment wards at St Georges Hospital. Both inpatient units have Nurse consultants who lead the ward teams and hold Responsible Clinician responsibility.

You will provide clinical leadership to the teams as part of a collective leadership structure and provide support and supervision to The Nurse Consultants, NMP, ACP and Medical Trainees. There are also funds to recruit a Specialty Doctor to support the Outreach service.

Main duties of the job

As Consultant in Older Psychiatry, you will provide medical leadership within a collective leadership model and will offer Consultant input into community care and treatment within the Older Adult Outreach team, with the facility for rapid assessment of referred patients, flexible review of complex patients and timely step-down of care back to the Community Mental Health Team. Service users will present with a range of mental health difficulties, including dementia.

The Consultant Psychiatrist is not expected to be the key worker for service users and will not carry an independent caseload. The team caseload is currently 44 patients, but it is anticipated this could be up to approximately 60-70 patients at any one time. This caseload is regularly reviewed in supervision and will also annually be reviewed as part of the Consultants job plan.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Date posted

14 April 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-MS-25-7067361

Job locations

St George's Hospital

Stafford

ST16 3SR

Job description Job responsibilities

You will be expected to:

• To comply with all Trust policies and the Living Our Values Framework.
• To maintain professional registration with the GMC and a full License to Practice, be engaging in appraisal, revalidation and job planning.
• To maintain Approved Clinician (AC) status

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Full GMC registration including Licence to Practice

Desirable

• Additional qualification in management or education

Skills Essential

• Awareness of lean methodology
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St George's Hospital

Stafford

ST16 3SR

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)