Consultant Psychiatry - Community Old Age Psychiatrist

Job description is pending Royal College approval

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to make full time appointment for a consultant psychiatrist to work in the Older Age Community Psychiatry service.

To provide high\-quality Mental Health Care for Older people with severe and enduring mental health problems in outpatients. To work closely with other teams and Consultants to ensure coherent and high\-quality mental health care for older people within the Oldham area.

Our services are specialised to help diagnose dementia as early as possible, so we can support you to remain as healthy as possible while living with the illness. We can also provide advice and support if a family member of someone you look after has dementia. Our services can also support you with a range of moderate to severe mental health problems, such as depression, bi\-polar disorder, delirium, and severe anxiety. Some of our services are based in community buildings and clinics, and some are in care homes and a day hospital.

Close co\-working with colleagues from the community services is essential to guarantee that patients are safely and effectively treated, and that discharge from hospital is followed by prompt and reliable community support. The consultant in this post will have a part to play, with others, in ensuring that the transitions from community treatment to hospital care and back again are safe and seamless as far as possible.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester \- Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our \#PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

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