Consultant in Older Persons Mental Health - GWM in Gosport inGosport PUBLISHED TUE 1 APR 2025 Jump to job information section

The postholder will be responsible for providing clinical care, RC responsibility and treatment for patients in Rose but also across the wards as well as providing clinical leadership to the team across the wards.

The post holder will work as a member of the OPMH inpatient team based on two inpatient areas of the Gosport War Memorial Hospital alongside a part time consultant and 3 Resident doctors as well as a middle Grade doctor.

The Trust expects consultants to participate in all aspects of clinical governance, and ensure their involvement in service planning and development, including wider developments in service provision and local academic meetings and teaching and training opportunities.

Consultants will:

*work with other senior clinical team members to ensure that colleagues understand the professional status and specialty of all team members, their roles and responsibilities in the team, and who is responsible for each aspect of patient care.

*work with other senior clinical team members to ensure that staff are clear about their individual and team objectives, their personal and collective responsibilities for patient and public safety, and for openly and honestly recording and discussing problems.

*communicate effectively with colleagues within and outside the team, ensuring that arrangements are in place for relevant information to be passed on to the team promptly.

*work with other senior clinical team members to ensure that all team members have an opportunity to contribute to discussions and that they understand and accept the decisions taken.

*encourage team members to co-operate and communicate effectively with each other.

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Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.