Consultant Old Age Psychiatry

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust ,
Stockport, Greater Manchester

Overview

Job Description

SUBJECT TO ROYAL COLLEGE APPROVAL Band & salary scale - Consultant 76,761 - 103,490 pa pro rata Hours of work - Full Time (10PA's) Permanent/Fixed term - Permanent Contract An opportunity has arisen for a post as a consultant old age psychiatrist in this well respected and established service. Pennine Care Foundation Trust has an excellent record of supporting innovative Old Age Psychiatry and is a popular trust to work for. Pennine Care has robust financial governance and respected, influential Medical Leadership and Management. There are close working links with Colleagues in Primary Care, Working Age Psychiatry, Neurology, Medicine including Medicine for the Elderly and the, Tameside CCG and the Local Authority. The Service has been recognised in the recent CARES awards. The post covers a sector. The successful candidate will be responsible for the assessment and care of people, 65 years and over in the community and as inpatients. You will work with experienced inpatient staff and CMHT staff including a Home Intervention Team. The service has a very wide breadth of expertise. Memory Assessment Services are established and the service is under review and evolving. Core 24 services have been established and are in further development. On Call Duties are currently on a citywide rota and are under review to become borough based. Use of a car or suitable means of transport is highly desirable. Job description is pending Royal College Approval For further details / informal visits contact: For further details / informal visits contact: Informal Contact Name: Dr F Parvez -Lead Consultant for Old Age Psychiatry - Tel: 0161 716 3749 Employment Type: FULL_TIME