Consultant Psychiatrist – Older Adult Mental Health

Job summary

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist seeking your next career opportunity in Older Adult Mental Health? We are delighted to invite applications for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join our older adult community services based in the beautiful coastal town of Weymouth.

As the consultant psychiatrist in older adult psychiatry, you will take part in the multi-disciplinary management of community referrals for those with both functional and organic illness. You will provide consultant input into the OPMH multidisciplinary team in Weymouth and Portland.

Everyday you’ll have the opportunity to make a long-lasting difference and the privilege of working with older people in the local community. You’ll encounter stimulating challenges and endless rewards; opportunities to create change and transform lives; teams fuelled by collaboration; and a culture that fosters innovation and values a diverse and inclusive workplace.

You will have dedicated time to help shape the strategic development within the care group across Dorset and there is a strong leadership structure across the organisation with the opportunity for regular input into meeting and developments. The service offers strong peer support alongside well-established and robust cross-cover arrangements.

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Main duties of the job

Join our team and benefit from up to £20,000 in recruitment & retention payments (both payments will be subject to deductions at source)

o £10,000 paid on appointmento £10,000 paid on the anniversary of appointment

We can also provide a generous relocation package of up to £10,000 if you are relocating to Dorset. In addition, we offer a commitment to flexible working, career development opportunities & our excellent NHS benefits.

You will have access to full time secretarial cover and adequate administrative time available to facilitate the smooth running of outpatient clinics and timely written communication with clinicians, referrers and patients. A designated office in Weymouth will also be provided.

You will be a member of the Medical Advisory Committee which is the professional group for career grade doctors within the Trust. This committee meets bi-monthly and provides medical advice and support to management. You will be encouraged and supported in developing the appropriate management and leadership skills to fully participate in service developments.

You’ll be offered the opportunity to participate in the county-wide consultant on-call rota, which attracts a 3% on call availability supplement plus 0.75 APA per week. The on-call frequency is approximately 1 in 21.

The post also attracts 10 days per year of study leave and an annual study leave budget of up to £1000.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• General medical Qualification e.g. MBBS, or equivalent and hold a Licence to Practise.
• MRCPsych or recognised equivalent, e.g. membership of a psychiatry college in another country.

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualification.

Eligibility

Essential

• Must be in possession or within 6 months of possession of a CCT in Older Adult Psychiatry or on Specialist Register in Psychiatry.
• On Specialist Register Older Adult in Psychiatry.
• Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician approval or ability to obtain approval before starting post.

Desirable

• Experience of medicine outside psychiatry e.g. general practice, medicine.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty.
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wider medical knowledge.
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Make decisions based on evidence and experience including contribution of others.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Desirable

• Teaching Experience.
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within the NHS or comparable service.

Dorset HealthCare Values

Essential

• Proactive, respectful, supportive, reliable and trustworthy, and positive.

Management Skills

Essential

• Understand the importance of working with managers in the interest of goo patient care
• Able to manage priorities.
• Evidence of management/Leadership skills training.

Desirable

• Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff.

Leadership Skills

Essential

• Understand principles of leadership and give examples of leadership in own practice.
• Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.

Clinical Governance

Essential

• An understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in the NHS organisations and importance in patient care.
• Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation.

Self Awareness

Essential

• To have an understanding of own strengths and weaknesses and how these attributes affect professional functioning.
• To have an understanding of the stresses involved in being a consultant psychiatrist and how to manage these appropriately.

Supervision of Junior medical Staff

Essential

• Knowledge of requirements for supervision and appraisal of junior medical staff.
• Approved educational supervisor training.

Research and Audit

Essential

• Experience of carrying out an audit project.
• Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
• Ability to supervisor junior medical staff undertaking research projects.

Desirable

• Published audit project.
• Ability to critically appraise published research.

Closing Date: 14 July 2026