Consultant Psychiatrist – Hospital at Home

Overview

In this role you will be a key medical leader in the Older Adult Hospital at Home Team (OAHaHT), delivering acute mental health care for older adults at home and guiding crisis management. You will work across community, care homes, domiciliary and outpatient pathways, interfacing with inpatient wards and primary care to avoid unnecessary admissions and support timely discharge. You will carry a caseload and lead assessment, formulation, crisis planning, and MDT decision making to improve patient outcomes. This opportunity offers impact at scale within a forward‑looking, national‑aligned service.

Responsibilities

• Support assessment and formulation for older adults with acute mental health deterioration
• Lead crisis planning and clinical reviews
• Participate in MDT decision making
• Manage a caseload of 30–40 patients across four localities
• Collaborate across community, care home, domiciliary, and outpatient pathways and interface with inpatient wards
• Provide leadership as a medical lead within OAHaHT

Key requirements

• GMC Registration
• Current UK professional registration
• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• UK skilled worker sponsorship considerations
• Postgraduate medical qualification (implied by consultant grade)

• leadership and team management
• strong communication across multidisciplinary teams
• clinical judgment and decision making
• clinical assessment and formulation
• crisis planning
• MDT coordination and decision making

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