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• To provide excellent psychiatric care for Older Adults within the designated inpatient area and to provide clinical leadership to other mental health professionals, • To develop & deliver high quality mental health services within an integrated community model, • To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment plans for patients with complex psychiatric and psychological co-morbidity open to the wider MDT and to work collaboratively with a wide range of colleagues to ensure high quality, integrated care for patients, • To deliver evidence-based treatments, • To make accurate diagnoses and record these appropriately, • To maintain accurate and up to date clinical records, • To partake in providing cross cover for consultant colleagues for annual & study leave in order to maintain continuous service, • Work with CPFT to achieve agreed performance targets., • Contribute to the collection and monitoring of clinical outcome data for service development and commissioning purposes., • Participate in audit, • Participate in the administration of patient information systems and ensure that data are entered in accordance with service policies and guidance., • Work in accordance with Trust and service policies and guidelines., • To manage and provide training and supervision for psychiatry trainees and specialty doctors, • Work with the Service Manager and Clinical Director to contribute to the management of Older Peoples Inpatient Services, • To contribute to the planning and further development of Older Peoples Mental Health Services and of the wider community services across both areas, • To attend meetings, relevant to the interests of the service, • Contribute to the psychiatry teaching programme for Cambridge undergraduate medical students, • Contribute to the training and support of staff in within the wider MDT, • Provide professional supervision and training for junior medical staff., • Contribute to postgraduate teaching as well as to continuing medical education activities., • Maintain CPD activities., • The post-holder is expected to support the broader CPFT research endeavour where possible., • It is anticipated that funding would become available for the right applicant to become involved in research, potentially acting as a principal investigator for clinical trials into dementia and other late life mental health disorders and supporting the aim of making research opportunities accessible to older adults outside the Cambridge area., • To provide clinical leadership for the Older Peoples Mental Health Services at a time of considerable transition and to work to develop excellent integrated pathways, • The post-holder will be aware of, and act within, locally and nationally agreed protocols and actively involved in clinical governance within the service., • The post holder will be accountable to Clinical Director of the Older Peoples Directorate., • Professional accountability is to the Trust Board through the Trust Medical Director., • Job Plans are reviewed annually, usually with the Clinical Director., • Consultants are required to take part in the annual appraisal process under the supervision of the Medical Director., • Consultants are also encouraged to arrange a suitable mentor., • Participate in the CPFT North consultant psychiatry on-call rota (Category A). Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust #J-18808-Ljbffr