Job summary
Applications are invited for a full time Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry based at Bushey Fields Hospital Dudley to join 2 existing Consultants. This existing post is within a well-established supportive service working both on the in-patient wards and in the community, having retained the Continuity of Care model. The Consultant will lead a team of other doctors; CPNs; Social Workers and Occupational Therapists, and together with the existing workforce cover the communities of Dudley, S in the Black Country. We are also developing new models and methods of working which will include liaison to primary care within the MCP model, and have developed an Old Age Home Treatment Team.
Main duties of the job
There are opportunities for someone with an enthusiasm for leadership to become involved in all other aspects of career development such as medical management and research. As a training and teaching Trust there are opportunities to teach postgraduate psychiatric and GP trainees and undergraduates from Birmingham and Grenada Universities and newly formed links with Aston Medical School. Links to local Universities have always been strong and input to Birmingham and Wolverhampton Universities is welcomed.
About us
This is a teaching Trust providing training for medical undergraduates from Birmingham University and postgraduate training as part of the School of Psychiatry, West Midlands Deanery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description and Person specification are currently with the Royal College for approval. Once these document shave been approved, they will be uploaded to this job.
Person Specification
Essential
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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.
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UK Registration
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Employer details
Employer name
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bushey Fields Hospital
Bushey Fields Road
Dudley
DY1 2LZ