Consultant Psychiatrist - Holderness OPCMHT

Are you ready to shape the future of Older People's Mental Health care in a thriving, supportive NHS Trust? We are delighted to invite applications for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Holderness Older People's Community Services team. Based within the picturesque Holderness area, including Hornsea and Withernsea, this is a fully community-based post, with no inpatient responsibility. You'll join a skilled and welcoming multidisciplinary team and become one of seven Consultants delivering high-quality Older People's Mental Health services across the Trust.

As the Consultant Psychiatrist for Holderness, you will:

• Provide expert clinical leadership within community Older People's Mental Health services, including our Memory Assessment Service.
• Work closely with colleagues across the MDT to support safe, effective, and compassionate care.
• Liaise with the inpatient consultants for patients admitted to our units.
• Contribute to urgent assessments where required.
• Offer specialist input to the Intensive Support Team and the Care Home Liaison service.

Our Trust has an excellent peer support group and opportunities to be a clinical supervisor. If you are interested in joining the team, we offer a generous relocation package which is designed to ensure a smooth and efficient transition for your move to the area and new role.

Main duties of the job include undertaking on-call responsibilities on the specialist Consultant on-call rota for Old Age Psychiatry and Learning Disability. Applicants should have full registration with the GMC, possess MRCPsych UK or have an equivalent post-graduate qualification. They should be on the Specialist Register for Old Age Psychiatry, or be within 6 months of achieving CCT in Old Age Psychiatry.

We think differently about our psychiatry roles and will work with you to develop an opportunity that works for you. We will support you to balance high quality patient care with pursuing your own special interests within psychiatry, as well as offering opportunities for leadership and management roles.

About us: We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support. From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

Details:

• Date posted: 16 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Grade: Consultant
• Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: 338-8020681-26-A

Job responsibilities: As a consultant working for the Holderness Community team, you will have responsibility for the provision of safe and effective care and treatment. You will share the vision of integrated and multi-disciplinary working and actively engage in the development of the service through research and support. The post holder would be expected to be approved as a Responsible Clinician or be willing to undertake training to obtain Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures. The ability to commute within the Trust's geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport is essential.

Please read our attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on our exciting role available.

Person Specification:

• Eligibility: Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment. Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months. Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment.
• Qualifications: Essential MB BS or equivalent medical qualification. Desirable qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management. MRCPsych additional clinical qualifications.
• Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience: Excellent knowledge in specialty. Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty. Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others. Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning: Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training. Ability to work in and lead a team. Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement. Participated in continuous professional development. Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Other: Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.