Community Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist – Knowsley: Sponsorship Available

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

As a Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist working for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust you will be responsible for ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high quality care.

As a leader of the outpatient multi-disciplinary team at the Knowsley Later Life & Memory Service, you will manage the community mental health team and Memory service, providing clinical care to service users who have been referred for older adults mental health care and specialist cognitive assessment.

You will work closely with a wide range of clinical and professional disciplines in order to deliver holistic care by completing assessments of new referrals to the team, making formulations and managing their treatment in order to optimise the quality of life of the service users under your caseload.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as the Responsible Clinician for patients within their allocated caseload in the Older Adults Community Mental Health Team. Caseloads are aligned to designated GP surgeries and allocated to ensure an equitable distribution of referrals and workload. The role involves providing clinical leadership, consultation, supervision and support to the multidisciplinary team, while actively contributing to patient assessment, treatment and care. The post holder will support timely access to services, promote effective pathways between primary and secondary care, and provide specialist advice to team members, GPs, patients and carers. Working within integrated Health and Social Care teams, they will contribute to service development, participate in allocation processes, and respond flexibly to the changing needs of the service to ensure the delivery of high-quality care.

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

  • Full registration with General Medical Council
  • Inclusion on or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council or within 6 months of CCST/CCT or equivalent in Old age Psychiatry at date of interview
  • Section 12 (2) Approval + Approved Clinician
  • Status or demonstrated ability to gain approval

Desirable

  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • MbChb, MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
  • Additional Qualifications
  • Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent
  • Undertaken ‘Train the Trainer’ and ‘Equality and Diversity’ Training

Transport

Essential

  • Holds valid UK driving licence and will use own car for work related travel OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Expereince

Essential

  • Excellent clinical 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

Desirable

  • Experience in working previously in similar roles at a relevant level
  • Training or worked as a DoLs assessor
  • Experience in management and service development Knowledge and use of IT systems

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

Essential

  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
  • Participated in continuous professional development
  • Participated in research or service evaluation
  • Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit

Desirable

  • Able to plan and deliver teaching and training relevant to this post
  • Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
  • Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
  • Has led clinical audits leading to service change

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).

Closing Date: 1 December 2026

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