Consultant Psychiatrist in Assertive Outreach Psychiatry North in Peterborough

This is a substantive post in community adult psychiatry based in Peterborough with the Peterborough Adult Locality team (PALT) and the primary care mental health service (PCMH). The post is based in Peterborough City centre (Town hall) but will require flexible outreach to Huntingdon and Fenland localities (averaging once a week). The post will share clinical leadership of the service with the South AO consultant and the roles will cross cover during periods of leave. The post will also hold close links with CMHT community consultant colleagues in PALT, HALT, FALT, and CAMEO. The post holder will be supported by existing senior substantive consultants within the North. There is an excellent network of wider consultant support in Peterborough with weekly academic meetings and the opportunity to join a well-established consultant peer group for adult consultants in the North. The post holder would be encouraged to be both a clinical and educational supervisor for trainees.

The post will incorporate a prorate amount of Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) for the standard CPFT WTE split of Direct Clinical Care (DCC) to SPA.

Main duties of the job:

• To provide clinical expertise and leadership to the North Assertive Outreach team.
• Working clinically with those patients under the care of the team and collaborating with wider Cambridge and Peterborough health and social care system partners to best meet the needs of all those in our population with potential AO needs.

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 and empowering 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.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long-term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

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