UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
RECRUITMENT ROLE PROFILE FORM
Job Title:
Clinical Associate Professor in Old Age Psychiatry
School/Department:
School of Medicine, Division of Psychiatry & Applied Psychology
Salary:
£75,249 - £101,451, depending on seniority
Job Family and Level:
Clinical Academic - New Consultant Contract
Contract Status:
Permanent
Hours of Work:
Full-time, 10 PA (40 hours per week)
Location:
Institute of Mental Health, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham
Responsible to:
Head of Division of Psychiatry& Applied Psychology
1.
Introduction
This post has arisen as result of the partial retirement of Clinical Associate Professor Rob Jones. The
purpose of the post is to develop and lead a programme of research which will have a demonstrable
impact on the wellbeing and quality of care of older people with dementia and other mental health
problems. We are seeking a clinician with enthusiasm for multidisciplinary research and experience of
working with older people and people with dementia: someone who has the vision to harness existing
strengths within the Institute of Mental Health and the wider University in order to contribute towards
building our centre of excellence in dementia research.
The post holder will work closely with Professor Tom Dening, who holds the Barchester & Nottinghamshire
Healthcare Professorship in Dementia Research, to further these academic and strategic aims. The post
will also include suitable clinical work and will make a significant contribution to undergraduate and
postgraduate education.
The post is located within the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) which occupies a new, purpose built
building. The IMH is a partnership between the University of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Healthcare
NHS Trust, providing access to an outstanding research infrastructure including medical statistics,
systematic review, qualitative methods and health economics. The IMH also offers many exciting
opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations including in the fields of nursing, neuroscience,
occupational therapy, sociology, law, health psychology and forensic psychology.
Dementia research is an important national priority and also for the Division of Psychiatry and the IMH
who are committed to increase the profile of dementia research. The IMH has an increasing national
profile and has built up several centres around its main areas of research activity, among which dementia
will become one such centre. Both the IMH and Notts Healthcare have a strong partnership with
Barchester Healthcare and joint developments have included the Chair in Dementia Research.
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Research in Dementia and Old Age Psychiatry
The Barchester and Nottinghamshire Healthcare Chair in Dementia Research was established in October
2013 with the appointment of Professor Tom Dening, with the express aim of raising the profile of
dementia research and bringing together existing and new collaborations across disciplines and across
departments.
Current research includes collaborations with population based studies (MRC-Cognitive Function and
Ageing Study (MRC-CFAS) and the Cambridge City over 75 Cohort study); care homes (Optimal); decision
making (DECIDE); clinical trials (e.g. DOMINO-AD and a vascular dementia trial, AFFECT, starting in
2014); social sciences and social care (in collaboration with Professor Justine Schneider, Sociology &
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Social Policy); dementia and employment (Professor Amanda Griffiths); technology as applied to dementia
(NIHR MindTech Health Technology Centre); and arts and creativity in dementia (Associate Professor
Victoria Tischler). Other recent work has included a systematic review on dementia screening that has had
national impact; and the recent publication of the latest edition of the Oxford Textbook of Old Age
Psychiatry (eds. Dening & Alan Thomas (Newcastle)), recognised as the leading textbook in this field.
The Trent Dementia Research Network (TDRN) has recently appointed a co-ordinator (Dr Tony Kelly) to
increase the volume of research activity and project manage the launch of a centre for dementia within
the Institute of Mental Health. The TDRN is a collaboration between the Trust and the University which is
sponsored by the Trust and supported by the IMH.
Our existing strong research collaborations (notably with Rehabilitation & Ageing and with Sociology and
Social Policy) mean that there is a virtual centre for ‘Research into Dementia and Ageing’ which this post
would constructively strengthen. We have many already established working relationships with diverse
external partners, including the Alzheimer’s Society, Age UK, Barchester Healthcare, Abbeyfield, PPI
activity, local carers, and NHS Trusts across the East Midlands. Established relationships within the
University include the Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing, Primary Care, Health Economics, Medical
Statistics, Sociology and Social Policy, Neurology, Neuroradiology, Human Genomics and Molecular
Genetics, Nursing, and Mental Health Law. Older People’s Health has been a theme in the Notts,
Derbyshire and Lincs NIHR CLAHRC, and we will be working with Professor John Gladman, theme lead for
Older People within the new East Midlands CLAHRC. Dementia has been identified as a key strategic area
of research for the Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, the Institute of Mental Health and
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. The IMH Centre for Dementia will be launched in May 2014.
Dementia research has been generously supported by a donation of £0.5M over 10 years from Professor &
Mrs Tony Marmont (administered through the NUH Charity). The first £120K of this has been allocated to
the project Improving Dementia Education and Awareness (IDEA), emerging from a consortium led by
Justine Schneider. IDEA provides a one-stop internet-based tool offering tailored training and support to
help people working with dementia. The donation also supports the employer of the TDRN co-ordinator.
We are looking to work with the donor to promote more such donations and to achieve matched funding
from other sources.
These elements combine to produce a huge opportunity for the development of dementia research in
Nottingham, based around the new Chair and the centre for dementia research, building on our
established close collaborations and partnerships with key stakeholders.
3.
Duties and Responsibilities
Illustrative timetable
Monday
Tuesday
Academic all day
Clinical:
Home visits/OP
clinic
Wednesday
am - educational
meeting or MHSOP
consultant meeting
Thursday
Academic all day
Friday
am – clinical visits
CMHT allocation
meeting
pm - academic
2PA academic
2PA direct clinical
care
1PA SPA
1PA academic
pm –teaching/
patient admin
2PA academic
1.5PA direct
clinical care
0.5 SPA:
supervision of GP
trainee
a) Research (35% of time)
 To develop and lead an internationally excellent research programme in research into dementia and/or
other mental disorders in old age
 To attract research funding from Research Councils, NIHR, prestigious charities
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To produce research output which will be considered to be of international excellence in the
forthcoming Research Excellence Framework
To undertake research which will impact on policy and practice in a measurable way
To make a substantial contribution to the programme of dementia care research within the Division
To attract PhD students and research capacity building fellowships to the Division
To provide research supervision for doctoral students, master’s students and undergraduate medical
students
To develop multidisciplinary research collaborations within and out-with the University
To participate in Divisional and School research-related educational events (e.g. research seminars,
away days etc)
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Teaching (10% of time)
To lead undergraduate teaching on older people’s mental health for the Division
Other undergraduate/postgraduate teaching
To supervise BMedSci undergraduate research projects
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Administration and Management (5% of time)
Membership of the Divisional Management Group
Undertaking performance reviews of line-managed staff
Contributing to appraisals of clinical staff within the Division
Membership as required of University/School committees
Undertaking a share of other duties which promote or facilitate the work of the Division externally to
the University (e.g. membership of research funding panels, guideline development groups, editorial
duties for journals, membership of national committees etc)
d) Clinical Duties (50% of time – 5 sessions)
 Direct clinical contact 3.5 sessions per week- consultant sessions in old age psychiatry
 This post will work within the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) for Older People and Memory
Assessment Service (MAS) for Nottingham City South. This is a multidisciplinary team with a full time
NHS Consultant (Dr Shan Chatterjee), an academic Consultant (Professor Tom Dening), team
manager, 7 nursing staff (one unqualified), an occupational therapist/ technical instructor, a
physiotherapist post (currently vacant), and a clinical psychologist and trainee psychologist. There is
a Memory Assessment nurse and the team manager acts as a non-medical prescriber managing MAS
and CMHT. There are approximately 1200 referrals per year to the CMHT and the MAS. The majority
of referrals are seen in memory clinics, which include nurse-led clinics
 The post is supported by a GP trainee, and opportunities exist for ST4-6 trainees when available
 Clinical duties will include out-patient clinics and community referrals. There are no in-patient
responsibilities. The post will also involve liaison with and giving advice to the Intermediate Care
Teams and the City Dementia Outreach Team. These duties are subject to agreement between the
post holder and the Clinical Director for Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP)
 Provision of reciprocal cover for Nottingham based Old Age Consultant colleagues in the directorate for
periods of leave
 The post holder will be provided with office space, access to a PC and administrative support
 Supporting professional activities 1.5 sessions per week – to include training, educational events, the
auditing of care, clinical meetings etc, to meet clinical educational needs as specified for
appraisals/revalidation and CPD requirements of the RCPsych
 Opportunities for educational and or clinical supervision with trainees
The clinical duties of the post are subject to review on an annual basis and in the light of the changing
requirements of the service.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
All Consultant medical staff in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust are subject to an annual review with
a Job Plan decided between the post holder and the Clinical Director. Each Consultant will have a personal
CPD plan for the year, decided by them in consultation with the Clinical Director. The appointee will join
with other Consultants in a peer group development process which will enable them to formulate their
personal development plan as well as obtain peer supervision. The appointee will be expected to
undertake CPD in line with the recommendations of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Trust will
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undertake to allow time and funding for such educational activities. Appropriate study leave will be
supported and there is a notional annual budget of up to £1000 per consultant for approved CPD
activities. The appointee will be encouraged to seek a professional mentor.
Audit
It is expected that all Consultants and their junior staff are actively involved in audit as part of Clinical
Governance activity.
Psychiatric library facilities are available in the Greenfield Library at the Queen Medical Centre and there is
a newly refurbished dedicated Mental Health and Learning Disability library at Duncan Macmillan House.
On call
There is a separate MHSOP consultant on call rota which is currently a 1 in 9. The postholder is expected
to contribute pro rata to on call duties. Section 12 (2) status is desirable.
Senior Medical Staff Committee
There is an active Senior Medical Committee, which meets on a monthly basis and is well attended. The
meeting allows Consultants to be informed and to contribute to clinical and management changes. It
allows an opportunity for consultant colleagues to meet and work together. Half day meetings round a
particular theme further facilitate this.
4.
The Person: Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
Essential
Desirable
Education and
 Undergraduate medical degree (or
qualifications
equivalent)
 MD/PhD (or equivalent) in relevant
area (or close to completion)
 GMC registration and a licence to
practice in the UK
 Certificate of Completion of Specialist
Training (CCST) or equivalent and
inclusion on the specialist register for
Old Age Psychiatry (or have eligibility)
Research
 Clinical and research skills relevant to
 Expertise in statistical methods and
old age psychiatry
clinical trials
 Significant contribution to research in
 Experience of undergraduate and
old age psychiatry with high quality
postgraduate project supervision
publications of internationally
 Evidence for possibility of
recognised importance
international research collaborations
 Enthusiasm and willingness to
supervise research projects for
doctoral students, Masters students,
psychiatrists in training and
undergraduate medical students
 Evidence of capacity to raise
competitive research funding
 Evidence of impact of research (e.g.
on clinical practice, policy, strategy or
guidelines)
Teaching
 Track record of innovative teaching at
 Experience of curriculum
undergraduate or post-graduate
development
level, with evidence of good feedback
from students
 Experience of student-centred
approaches to learning and teaching,
different types of assessment and
higher education quality assurance
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Skills and
training
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Statutory/
Legal
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mechanisms
Commitment to evidence based
practice and evaluating clinical
effectiveness
Evidence of participation in continuing
professional development
Excellent oral and written
communication skills
Excellent organisational skills
Excellent time management skills
Satisfactory Enhanced disclosure from
the Disclosure and Barring Service
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Approval under section 12(2) MHA
1983 (will be expected upon
appointment)
5.
Further information
Any merit award or discretionary points, which may be granted on a personal basis, will be subject to
agreement with Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust and would be funded from NHS sources.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Tom Dening, Professor of Dementia Research, tel: 0115
82 30421, email: tom.dening@nottingham.ac.uk or Professor Cris Glazebrook, Head of Division of
Psychiatry & Applied Psychology, tel: 0115 8230420, email: cris.glazebrook@nottingham.ac.uk. Clinical
enquiries may be addressed to Dr Ola Junaid, tel: 0115 9560848, email: ola.junaid@nottshc.nhs.uk.
Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.
Further information is available at www.nottingham.ac.uk/chs/divisions/psychiatry/index.aspx for the
Division of Psychiatry and at www.institutemh.org.uk for the Institute of Mental Health.
Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is exempted from the provisions of
Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Candidates are therefore, not entitled to withhold information about convictions, which for other purposes
are “spent” under the provisions of the Act, and in the event of employment any failure to disclose such
convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the University. Any information given will be
strictly confidential and will be considered only in relation to an application for positions to which the Order
applies.
Applicants will be considered on an equal basis, subject to the relevant permission to work in the UK as
defined by the requirements set out by the UK Border and Immigration Agency. Please visit
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ for more information.
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Appendix A
University of Nottingham
General Information
A.1
The City of Nottingham
Nottingham is a vibrant cultural centre with theatres, a concert hall, a 9000 seat arena, a new gallery of
contemporary art and one the best independent cinemas in the country. It also ranks as one of the UK’s
leading retail centres and has many excellent eating places including a 2 Michelin starred restaurant.
Nottingham is geographically well-connected with excellent rail links to London and rail and air links to
Europe. There is easy access to the Peak District and the Vale of Belvoir and Nottingham has great leisure
facilities including the National Ice Centre, the National Watersports Centre and one of the largest tennis
centres in Europe http://www.experiencenottinghamshire.com/.
The population of the city in 2011 was 305,680, though the administrative area of Nottingham City is
adjoined by other suburban areas, including parts of the Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe districts, which
make the Nottingham metropolitan area over twice this size. The population in 2011 was 71.5% White
(65.4% White British), 13.1% Asian, 7.3% Black British, 6.7% Mixed Race, and 1.5% Other. About
35,500 residents are over 65 years old (11.8%) – the proportion in the city being relatively low because of
the high numbers of University students: 32% of the city’s population is aged 18-29. Nottingham is
ranked the 20th most deprived district in England, with corresponding rankings in terms of child welfare,
people on benefits and low incomes, and low levels of educational achievement. The surrounding county of
Nottinghamshire has a population of 785,800 (2011 figures) about 18% of whom are aged 65+.
A.2
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is one of the UK's leading research universities, ranked 7 th in the U.K. for
research power in the 2008 RAE. The established world rankings index compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong
University ranks Nottingham 10th in the United Kingdom. The Times Higher Education-QS
World University Rankings in 2009 place Nottingham in the Top 1% of all universities worldwide.
The institution is now firmly established within the world's 100 best universities in both tables. The
University of Nottingham is also the UK’s most popular University among applicants.
The main university campus is set beside a lake, in an extensive belt of woodland, parks and playing
fields. The 330-acre University Park Campus is the focus of life for more than 22,000 students and houses
the majority of the University's academic schools and many of the central Services. The University
Medical School is situated next to University Park. Together with the University Hospital, it forms the
Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) campus of Nottingham University NHS Trust.
A.3
University of Nottingham Medical School
The University of Nottingham Medical School was established in the late 1960s. The clinical departments
of the School are closely integrated with the Health Service, and the Medical School closely collaborates
with local NHS Trusts in developing healthcare in the Nottingham area.
The first Nottingham trained doctors qualified in 1975 and there is now an annual intake of more than 270
students to the Basic Medical Sciences years. Clinical teaching has been in progress since April 1973.
Academic departments are housed in the Medical School Block and in the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC)
and City Hospital campuses of Nottingham University NHS Trust and in the Institute of Mental Health,
Jubilee Campus. A graduate entry programme for 90 students a year began in September 2003 based in
a purpose built medical school on the Derby Royal Hospital site.
Following reorganisation within the Faculty of Medicine in 2013, the Division of Psychiatry became the
Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology: one of the largest of 11 Division within the new School of
Medicine. Professor John Atherton is Dean of the School of Medicine, which has, as its mission, the aim
to improve human health and quality of life locally, nationally and internationally through outstanding
education, research and patient care. It will achieve this through: (1) Teaching and learning, particularly
training tomorrow’s doctors and teaching specialised postgraduates; (2) Research and research training:
the highest quality “big” research which impacts on human health and disease; (3) Partnership with the
NHS and other healthcare providers; and (4) Visibility and profile of the School of Medicine.
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A.4
Institute of Mental Health
The Division of Psychiatry is located within the Institute of Mental Health. The IMH currently attracts
approximately £7.5 million each year in external research grants, has 20 full-time professors among its
200 staff and publishes 250 peer-reviewed journal papers a year. Its portfolio of training and development
opportunities attracts 200 students each year, including a current total of 100 PhD students. Courses
offered include one-off modules, diplomas, BA, MA and PhD degrees in mental health subjects. It has 39
unique Managed Innovation Networks (MINs) and 300 members including associates, fellows, senior
fellows and professors.
The Institute is the UK’s prime location for inter-disciplinary research in the mental health field
(psychiatry, psychology, sociology, business, law, nursing, economics and statistics). It is particularly
strong in specific areas such as translational neuroimaging, personality disorder, ADHD, systematic
reviewing, implementation and organisation/service innovation. The IMH operates through a growing
number of centres of excellence, such as the Centre for Social Futures (director: Prof Paul Crawford). It
hosts several research related units and networks, such as hubs of both the Mental Health Research
Network and the Primary Care Research Network, the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network, a
£28 million CLAHRC (Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care), the Cochrane
Schizophrenia Group, the Personality Disorder Institute, the NIHR MindTech Health Technology Cooperative, and a growing portfolio of international projects in Europe and China. Members of the IMH are
also involved in the Mental Health theme (headed by Prof Patrick Callaghan) of the National Centre for
Sport and Exercise Medicine, a collaboration between the Universities of Loughborough, Nottingham and
Leicester.
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Division of Psychiatry & Applied Psychology
The University Department of Psychiatry was founded in 1971 with Professor J E Cooper as the
Foundation Professor of Psychiatry. Professor Cooper and his colleagues established a well-recognised
line of research in social psychiatry as well as a modern and well-integrated undergraduate course. A
strategic collaboration with NHS colleagues was initiated during this time which has evolved into an
integrated community psychiatric service for Nottingham. Since its foundation the department has also
housed a Behavioural Sciences Section, comprising academic psychologists responsible for the teaching of
behavioural sciences to medical students. In August 2013, as part of the Medical School reorganisation,
the Division of Psychiatry became the Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology and expanded to
incorporate most of the former Institute of Work, Health and Organisations (I-WHO). The current Head of
Division is Professor Cris Glazebrook.
A.5.1 Location
The Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology is located in the new Institute of Mental Health building
and the Yang Fujia Building on Jubilee Campus. Research facilities are distributed in various university
and hospital sites including IMH, QMC and the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Centre on University Park
Campus. Teaching occurs mainly on the Jubilee Campus and in QMC. Clinical psychiatric services are
delivered from community mental health centres and hospital sites, including QMC, St Francis Unit at the
City Hospital, Highbury Hospital, Wells Road Hospital, and the Millbrook Unit in Mansfield.
A.5.2 Staffing
Current academic staffing of the Division of Psychiatry & Applied Psychology comprises twelve Professors,
two Clinical Readers, one non-clinical Reader, three Clinical Associate Professors, six non-clinical Associate
Professors, three clinical lecturers and fourteen non-clinical lecturers.
Professors
Professor Clive Adams
Professor Kevin Browne
Professor David Daley
Professor Tom Dening
Professor Gill Doody
Professor Cris Glazebrook (Head of Division)
Professor Amanda Griffiths
Professor Chris Hollis
Professor Georgina Jackson
Discipline
Adult Psychiatry
Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology
Developmental Psychopathology
Dementia Research; Old Age Psychiatry
Adult Psychiatry
Health Psychology
Occupational Health Psychology
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Cognitive Neuropsychology
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Professor Peter Liddle
Professor Mary McMurran
Professor Richard Morriss
Adult Psychiatry
Forensic Psychology
Adult Psychiatry
Readers
Dr Birgit Vollm
Dr Kapil Sayal
Dr Philip Leather
Forensic Psychiatry
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Occupational Psychology
Associate Professors
This post
Dr Jennifer Clegg
Dr Iain Coyne
Dr Vincent Egan
Dr Nigel Hunt
Dr Rob Jones
Dr Najat Khalifa
Dr Stuart Leask
Dr Stavroula Leka
Dr Neil Nixon
Dr Lena Palaniyappan
Dr Thomas Schroder
Dr Victoria Tischler
Old Age Psychiatry
Clinical Psychology (Learning disability)
Occupational Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Health Psychology
Old Age Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry
Adult Psychiatry
Occupational Health Psychology
Adult Psychiatry
Adult Psychiatry
Clinical Psychology
Behavioural Sciences
Lecturers
Dr Charlotte Beer
Dr Danielle De Boos
Dr Shihning Chou
Dr Simon Duff
Ms Fiona Gavin
Dr Madeline Groom
Dr Boliang Guo
Mr Jonathan Houdmont
Miss Vicki Jackson
Dr Elizabeth Liddle
Dr Elena Nixon
Dr Angeli Santos
Dr Kate Whitfield
Behavioural Sciences
Clinical Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Occupational Psychology
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Medical Statistics
Occupational Health Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Translational Mental Health Research
Applied Neuropsychology
Occupational Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Clinical Lecturers
Dr Nikos Christodoulou
Dr Michael Skelton
Dr Puja Kochhar
Dr James Ellison
Adult Psychiatry
Adult Psychiatry
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Adult Psychiatry and Medical Education
A.5.3 Research
The Division of Psychiatry & Applied Psychology is the largest academic partner in the Institute of Mental
(IMH) and has developed a highly successful portfolio of translational mental health research. Psychiatry
led two of the four original research themes in the £17.5m CLAHRC (NDL) which was successfully
completed in December 2013. Three of the 5 themes for the new £27 million East Midlands CLAHRC,
which is sponsored by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust are based in the Institute of Mental Health.
The division also has a £2m NIHR Programme Grant, 3 MRC and HTA funded clinical trials and hosts the
Cochrane Schizophrenia Group Editorial Base with an income in excess of £1.38m. This success has been
acknowledged by the award of University ‘Priority Status’ to the IMH, as part of a Medical Faculty bid for
Priority Group Status in Biomedical Translational Research for Clinical Benefit. The IMH also hosts the
NIHR funded MindTech Health Technology Co-operative (Director: Prof Chris Hollis), which is the only HTC
in England centred on mental health. MindTech comprises themes across the age range, including
technology and dementia, led by Prof Tom Dening.
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Research in the Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology focuses on understanding the causes,
mechanisms and treatment of mental disorder and criminal offending across the lifespan and promoting
health and wellbeing. Research is organised into groups with significant collaboration and integration
across groups.
Detailed descriptions of research groupings and outputs can be found at
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/about/psychiatryandappliedpsychology/index.aspx
Clinically Applied Adult Mental Health
 Mood Disorders and health services research (Morriss, P Liddle, Adams, Doody, Leask, E Nixon, N
Nixon)
 Forensic Mental Health (Vollm, McMurran, Khalifa)
 Systematic review, epidemiology & statistics (Adams, Guo, Doody)
 Dementia and older people’s mental health (Dening, Jones, Griffiths, Schneider, Tischler)
Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology
 CANDAL - Centre for ADHD and neurodevelopmental disorders through the lifespan (Hollis, Daley,
Sayal, Jackson, Glazebrook, E Liddle, Groom).
 Centre for Family and Forensic Mental Health (Browne, Chou, Duff, Schroder, Griffiths, Whitfield)
 Child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing (Glazebrook, Sayal, Beer)
Centre for Translational Neuroimaging in Mental Health (P Liddle, Palaniyappan, E Liddle)
Work, Health and Organisations
 Work Psychology (Coyne, Leather, Gavin)
 Centre for Organisational Health and Development (Leka)
Mood disorders and health services research
Professor Morriss is Director of Research for CLAHRC (NDL) exploring implementation of research into
health services and research into implementation, and has an international profile for research on mood
disorder (bipolar affective disorder and unipolar depression) and somatisation in primary care settings.
Morriss has a £2 million NIHR funded programme grant in bipolar disorder. He has forged strong
collaborative research links with the Division of Primary Care (Avery, Coupland, Hippisley-Cox, Kai,
Kendrick), which is one of 9 primary care departments in the National Primary Care School. Morriss is lead
for the East Midlands plus South Yorkshire hub of the Mental Health Research Network and Map of
Medicine clinical editor for the bipolar disorder and depression pathways. He has established successful
collaborations with Imperial College, London, the Universities of Manchester, Lancaster, Cambridge and
Liverpool with recent projects producing high impact publications in the Lancet and BMJ.
Forensic Mental health
This group focuses on research around the assessment and treatment of personality disorders, alcohol
related violence, motivating people to engage with therapy and the neurobiology of antisocial personality
disorders and social cognition. An additional focus is on the delivery of forensic services, their efficiency
and efficacy. There are strong links with European researchers to compare service models with those in
other countries, in particular for patients who remain in secure care for extended periods of time.
Cochrane Schizophrenia Centre
Professor Adams is Director of the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group (producing and maintaining over 160
reviews and supporting 500 reviewers in 21 countries) and has established Nottingham as the leading
international centre for systematic reviews of the care of people with schizophrenia and severe mental
illness. He is a member of the editorial board of the Cochrane Collaboration and NIHR Programme Grants
Board. Professor Adams' work has produced high impact publications on randomised trials of acute
psychiatric care in developing countries.
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Translational Neuroimaging in Mental Health
The Translational Neuroimaging in Mental Health (TNMH) is a Centre of Excellence at the Institute of
Mental Health, Nottingham. TNMH is directed by Professor Peter Liddle, and operates in collaboration with
departments of Physics, Radiology, Psychology and Mathematics across the University of Nottingham and
receives major funding support from the MRC and the Wellcome Trust. Researchers at TNMH also
collaborate with leading U.K. centres (Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, UCL, IOP, KCL) and
internationally (UBC, Yale, Utrecht, Fudan University). Nottingham has an international reputation for
pioneering research in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging based on the original work of Sir Peter Mansfield
(Nobel Prize Winner) and is a leading centre for 7 Tesla MRI and magnetoencephalography. Prof. Liddle
has raised >£12 million in research income and has established Nottingham's international research profile
in psychiatric neuroimaging. TNMH has been at the forefront of research aimed at defining the
pathophysiology of psychosis. The group has a strong track record of providing clinical academic training
and, to date, projects at TNMH have provided a consistent foundation for Clinical Lecturers and Academic
Clinical Fellows / Foundation Trainees to develop core research competencies. These trainees have been
greatly successful in producing peer-reviewed publications and winning several national laurels in
academic psychiatry including Margaret Slack Fellowship, Douglas Bennett Prize, General Adult Faculty
Research Prize, Academic Faculty Research Prize and Trent Research Prize. More recently, a highly
competitive Wellcome Research Training Fellowship was awarded to a clinical lecturer (Palaniyappan) to
undertake further clinical academic training within the TNMH programme. Within the Division of
Psychiatry, neuroimaging (encompassing functional and structural MRI and EEG/ERP) is now established
as a key cross-cutting methodology, underpinning research in psychosis, developmental disorders (ADHD,
Tourette’s), dementia and forensic mental health (personality disorder).
Centre for ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders (CANDAL)
CANDAL has been established as a centre of excellence to pursue research into the causes, mechanisms,
course, recognition and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan. ADHD research is
a major focus and an internationally recognised strength with on-going research into the early detection,
intervention and management for ADHD in community and clinical settings. Recently funded projects
include the NIHR Healthcare Technology Co-operative (HTC) in Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental
Disorders (£800K). An interdisciplinary collaboration with computer science and physics based in the DoP,
the HTC will aim to develop and implement effective technologies to promote mental health. Other
research strengths include community-based interventions for mental health and wellbeing in children and
adolescents; Tourette’s Syndrome and risk factors for obesity. Members have leading and integral roles in
several large-scale collaborative projects, including funding from NIHR (HTC, CLAHRC, Programme Grant,
HTA and SDO) and the EU and an investigation of motor skills in preterm infants (Action Medical
Research). Future work will build on successful local, national and international collaborations to improve
outcomes and delivery of services in vulnerable children and young people. Professor Glazebrook leads
research in paediatric health psychology, with a particular focus on child and maternal psychological
wellbeing and strategies to promote self-management of chronic conditions.
Epidemiology of psychosis
Nottingham has a long tradition of conducting high quality large scale clinical epidemiological studies of
people who develop a first episode of psychosis over the last 4 decades. In the 1970s it hosted a centre of
the WHO Determinants of Outcome of Schizophrenia (DOSMED) study, under Professor Cooper's direction.
In the 1980's the Schizophrenia in Nottingham (SIN) study was undertaken, under the direction of
Professor Glynn Harrison. Between 1997-1999 Nottingham collaborated with colleagues at the Institute of
Psychiatry in London, to conduct the MRC funded Aetiology and Ethnicity of Schizophrenia and Other
Psychoses (AESOP) study, under the direction of Professor Peter Jones. A 10 year follow up study of the
AESOP cohort in Nottingham has just completed under the lead investigator in Nottingham, Prof Doody. A
10 year follow up study of the AESOP cohort in Nottingham has just completed under the lead investigator
in Nottingham, Prof Doody. The Division has recently been successful in obtaining an MRC funded grant of
£99,897, as part of the £4.9 million Schizophrenia: Treatment Resistance and Therapeutic Advances
(STRATA) international consortium project co-ordinated by the Institute of Psychiatry, London. The project
start date is April 2014 and the PI for Nottingham is Prof Doody.
A.5.4 Postgraduate research
The Division has a large number of PhD students. It also offers popular professional doctorates in clinical
psychology and forensic psychology.
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A.5.5 Teaching
Undergraduate teaching to medical students is currently under review. To date, teaching on older people’s
mental health has been provided as part of a module of Health Care of the Elderly in the middle clinical
year. However, this is likely to change to bring this part of the curriculum more in line with the clinical
attachments in psychiatry. The holder of this post will be expected to contribute towards redesign of this
part of the course.
Most of the undergraduate teaching in the Division is to medical students. Modules delivered on the
Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree, include communication skills (x2), functional and behavioural
neuroscience, behavioural sciences, qualitative research methods, quantitative research methods,
cognitive neuroscience, research methods and a research project. Teaching in the clinical years includes
adult psychiatry (Year 4) and child and adolescent psychiatry (Year 4). The Division also delivers special
study modules (year 4 and 5). Other undergraduate teaching includes a module to neuroscience
students. We are currently developing a Masters in Mental Health Research to commence in September
2012, including a module in Dementia and Ageing. We also offer taught Masters in Criminological
Psychology, Management Psychology, Work and Organisational Psychology and a distance learning
Masters in Workplace Health and Wellbeing.
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Appendix B
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust was formed on 1st April 2001, bringing together Mental Health
Services in Nottingham, Mansfield and Bassetlaw, along with forensic mental health services in Leicester,
Rotherham and Rampton.
Notts Healthcare is positive about providing integrated healthcare services, including mental health,
learning disability and community health services. Over 8,300 dedicated staff provide these services in a
variety of settings, ranging from the community through to acute wards, as well as secure settings. The
Trust also manages two medium secure units, Arnold Lodge in Leicester and Wathwood Hospital in
Rotherham, and the high secure Rampton Hospital near Retford.
It seeks to continually improve service user and carer experience, as well as reducing the stigma
associated with mental illness and learning disability. In conjunction with primary care and the County
Health Partnership it improves services for people across the County of Nottinghamshire and is committed
to being recognised as the leading national integrated healthcare provider: nationally important, locally
relevant and personally valued.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is the major provider of Mental Health Services for Older People to
the populations served by Nottinghamshire County, Nottingham City and Bassetlaw Primary Care Trusts.
The service caters to the needs of all people suffering from dementia, regardless of age, and those
presenting with functional illnesses who are over the age of 65 years. Services have won awards within
the Trust and have been nominated for a number of awards including “Best Innovation in Practice” at the
National Dementia Congress. Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) has been particularly
successful in developing a new community focussed specialist service for people with Working Age
Dementia. The service is led by a Consultant Occupational Therapist, the only post of this nature in the
country. Within inpatient services a number of initiatives have been successfully implemented to improve
the quality and experience of care. The Directorate has implemented StarWards, a national initiative,
again service user led, to improve the therapeutic environment for patients. We have also had two wards
for older people with common mental health problems formally accredited through the AIMS process led
by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Four wards are currently involved in the releasing Time to Care
programme which aims to streamline processes and releasing nursing time which can be redirected in to
patient contact.
The following Psychiatric Services serve the Nottingham area:
 Alcohol and Addiction
 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
 Forensic Mental Health Services
 Adult Mental Health
 Services for the Learning Disabled
 Mental Health Services for Older People
 Psychotherapy
 Rehabilitation Psychiatry
There is a strong commitment to community-orientated services and the Trust operates across over 40
sites within Greater Nottingham. There are inpatient areas at the City Hospital and the Queens Medical
Centre (NUH Trust), managed by Nottinghamshire Healthcare, as well as at the Wells Road Centre,
Highbury Hospital, and a number of community facilities.
The Trust Headquarters is based at Duncan Macmillan House, Nottingham.
Board Level Directors
Chair – Dean Fathers
Chief Executive – Professor Mike Cooke
Executive Director: Clinical Governance & Medical Affairs - Dr Gopi Krishnan
Executive Director: Local Services – Simon Smith
Executive Director: Finance – Ruth Hawkins
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Executive Director: Nursing & Allied Health Professions – Dean Howells
Executive Director: Forensic Services - Dr Michael Harris
Clinical Directorate Management
The Clinical Director for Mental Health Services for Older People is Dr Ola Junaid and he is the lead for
Clinical Governance within the directorate. There is both a clinical effectiveness and clinical governance
committee. The General Manager is Andrea Ward.
Trust Consultant Medical Staff
Old Age Psychiatry
This post
Dr C Andrews
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry (p/t)
Dr C Bowler
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry
Dr S Chatterjee
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry
Prof T Dening
Professor/Honorary Consultant
Dr B Ganesan
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry
Dr C Gordon
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry
Dr K Junaid
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry (p/t)
Dr O Junaid
Clinical Director/Consultant in Old Age
Psychiatry
Dr G Pinner
Director of Medical Education/Consultant in
Old Age Psychiatry
Vacant
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry (p/t)
Dr J Waite
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry (p/t)
Dr S Das
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry
Dr A Ramakrishnan
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry
Dr R Tomlinson
Consultant In Old Age Psychiatry
Dr M Kuklewicz
Consultant in old age psychiatry
(City Hospital)
(City Hospital)
(City Hospital)
(City Hospital)
(QMC)
(Bramwell)
(City Hospital)
(City Hospital)
(QMC)
(City Hospital)
(QMC)
Kings Mill Hospital
Ashfield
Newark and Sherwood
Bassetlaw
OTHER CONSULTANT STAFF BASED IN NOTTINGHAM
Adult Mental Health Services
NOTTINGHAM – General
Prof C Adams
Dr S Barrett
Dr N Bedi
Dr A Cheetham
Dr A Chopra
Dr B Di Mambro
Dr G Doody
Dr B Fahy
Dr H Flambert
Dr M Hampson
Dr I Heliel
Dr N L Holden
Dr R Jain
Dr H Johnson
Dr S Lankappa
Prof P Liddle
Prof R Morriss
Dr S Murjan
Dr N Nixon
Dr E O’Regan
Dr B Power
Dr C Schofield
Dr F Seedat
Dr R Shaw
Dr N Sisodia
Psychiatry
Professor of Psychiatry/Honorary Consultant
Consultant Psychiatrist (p/t)
Consultant Psychiatrist (p/t)
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist
Snr Lecturer/Hon Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist (p/t)
Consultant Psychiatrist (p/t)
Clinical Director/Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist (p/t)
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist (p/t)
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist
Professor of Psychiatry/Honorary Cons Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist (p/t)
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist (p/t)
Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist (p/t)
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(QMC)
(Stonebridge Centre)
(QMC)
(Stonebridge Centre)
(QMC)
(QMC)
(Highbury Hospital)
(QMC)
(QMC)
(QMC)
(Highbury Hospital)
(QMC)
(Stonebridge Centre)
(QMC)
(QMC)
(QMC)
(QMC)
(QMC)
(George Road)
(Stonebridge Centre)
(George Road)
(QMC)
(QMC)
(QMC)
(QMC)
Dr M Steels
Prof E Szabadi
Dr K Thangavelu
Dr D Tsoi
Dr G Worwood
Consultant Psychiatrist
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry/Cons Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist/Clinical Teaching Fellow)
Consultant Psychiatrist
(Manor Road)
(QMC)
(Stonebridge Centre)
(Highbury Hospital)
(QMC)
NOTTINGHAM – Psychotherapy
Dr R Fox
Head of School (North)/Cons Psychotherapist
Dr R Sargeant
Consultant Psychotherapist (p/t)
Dr J Staines
Consultant Psychotherapist (p/t)
NOTTINGHAM – Personality Disorder Services
Prof C Evans
Consultant Psychotherapist& Special Professor
NOTTINGHAM – Gender clinic (based at the Mandala Centre)
Dr W Bouman
Lead Consultant Psychiatrist/Sexologist
Dr K Baker
Associate Medical Director/Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr S Murjan
Consultant Psychiatrist
NOTTINGHAM – Rehabilitation & Continuing Care
Dr H Bagalkote
Consultant in Rehabilitation Psychiatry
Dr A Cheetham
Consultant in Rehabilitation Psychiatry
Dr S Leask
Senior Lecturer/Hon Consultant in Rehabilitation Psychiatry
Prof P Liddle
Professor of Psychiatry/Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr B Park
Clinical director/Senior Lecturer/Hon Consultant in Rehabilitation Psychiatry
NOTTINGHAM – Alcohol & Addiction Services
Dr D Rhinds
Consultant in Substance Misuse
Dr N Wright
Consultant in Substance Misuse
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (based at Thorneywood Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Unit):
Dr L Allsopp
Consultant
Dr K Baker
Consultant
Dr C deSousa
Consultant (p/t) for CAMHS Learning Disability Service
Dr K Slaveska-Hollis
Consultant
Prof C P Hollis
Professor of C&A Psychiatry/Honorary Consultant
Dr P Miller
Medical Director/Consultant
Dr M Moldavsky
Consultant
Dr K Mueller
Consultant (p/t)
Dr A Saha
Consultant (p/t)
Dr A Taylor
Consultant
Learning Disability (based at Highbury Hospital)
Dr D Bagalkote
Consultant in Learning Disability
Dr P Cutajar
Consultant in Learning Disability
Dr J Jones
Consultant in Learning Disability/Associate Postgraduate Dean
Dr R Lansdall-Welfare
Clinical Director/Consultant in Learning Disability
Community Forensic Services
Dr N Khalifa
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Dr J Resnick
Clinical Director/Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Dr Y Saleem
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Dr M Taylor
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Offender Healthcare
Dr A Bickle
Dr A Kaul
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Clinical Director/Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
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In common with other medical specialities our clinical undergraduate students are dispersed to centres
across Nottingham, Derby and Mansfield for their clinical experience but a substantial part of the regular
teaching takes place at Duncan Macmillan House.
The Division of Psychiatry also carries a considerable responsibility for postgraduate education. The
Nottingham University (Mid-Trent) Psychiatric SHO Training Scheme includes some 50 posts in
Nottingham, Derby and Mansfield. The Division also makes a significant contribution to the local CPD
programme.
Training
Head of School is Dr Sue Elcock. Posts rotate at six monthly intervals. Specialist Registrars may be
placed with an appropriately qualified appointee as directed by the Higher Specialist Training Committee.
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