Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adult

£113,565 to £150,569 a year PA

Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care? Why not join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust for the opportunity to flourish and excel in your career and be part of our dedicated medical team.

This is a full time Consultant post for older adult community mental health services that has become available after the move of the previous post holder. This post is currently covered by a Locum Consultant Psychiatrist. We are hoping to recruit an enthusiastic doctor into a substantive post. The doctor is required to be on the specialist register for Old age or any subspecialty of the mental health.

This community Team based at Harland Centre, provide services mainly to the Dementia patients and to Elderly patients in Southend and surrounding areas.

This post is based at Harland Centre, Southend. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing clinical leadership for the assessment and management of dementia patients in community and to functional older adult 70+ in the catchment area. The post holder will be the Approved Clinician for patients detained under the Community treatment order.

You must have full GMC registration and be on the Specialist Register, with an appropriate CCT or equivalent or be within six months of obtaining your CCT on the date of the AAC.

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• Provide clinical leadership and be the Responsible Clinician for all patients open to the community team.
• Review new patients in a timely manner and oversee the clinical management of patients.
• Will be available for timely meetings, MDT and facilitate discharge planning.
• Carry out duties as Responsible Clinician, including Mental Health Act assessments, preparation of tribunal reports and giving oral evidence at managers hearings and mental health review tribunals for Patients under CTO. There is1 patient under CTO at present.
• Be actively involved in supporting staff development and in effecting continual service improvement.
• Provide clinical supervision to the trainees, as well as supervising the specialty doctor.
• Clinical Audit: The post holder will participate in audit to ensure the continuous improvement of the service.
• The post holder will only be expected to provide cover for holidays and absences with an agreement with other Consultant Colleagues in the area..

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.

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Harland Centre

Southend-on-Sea

United Kingdom

https://eput.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

12 November 2026

Hospital medical and dental staff

Consultant

Permanent

Full-time

Harland Centre

Southend-on-Sea

United Kingdom