At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide specialist mental health services to older adults in an inpatient setting.
- Company: Join the East London NHS Foundation Trust, a leader in mental health care.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Outstanding CQC rating and excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of older adults with complex needs.
- Qualifications: Medical degree and experience in old age psychiatry required.
The predicted salary is between 113565 - 150569 £ per year.
Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adults, for functional old age psychiatry inpatient care, Leadenhall ward, Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health, Mile End Hospital. This 10PA position involves clinical responsibility for the care of acute elderly male and female inpatients from Tower Hamlets, Newham, City and Hackney on Leadenhall ward. This full-time post is inpatient based with an excellent, stable and well-resourced multidisciplinary inpatient team in Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health (Leadenhall ward). There are opportunities to work flexibly and good support from a collegiate consultant body within the older adults' teams and TH Directorate. Anticipated start date 2nd November 2026.
Main duties of the job:
- The post holder will be responsible for providing specialist mental health services to older adults living in Tower Hamlets including those with complex mental and physical health needs.
- The post holder will mainly deliver inpatient care for a patient population with functional illnesses, however there will be an overlap with organic illness.
- The post-holder will assume full consultant responsibilities for a proportion of service users under the care of Leadenhall Ward.
Job responsibilities:
- The 1.0 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) job plan will be developed to meet the needs of the service and is envisaged to include 7.5 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 2.5 PAs for supporting programmed activities (SPA).
- The main duties of the post consist of providing consultant input to Leadenhall ward assessing patients, devising management plans and providing clinical leadership.
Person Specification:
Qualifications:
- Essential: Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent; Fully registered with the General Medical Council and holding license to practice; Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register for Psychiatry (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT); Approved Clinician as approved by a Regional Panel.
- Desirable: Higher Degree; Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists; Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register for Old Age Psychiatry (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT).
Knowledge and Experience:
- Essential: Good experience of working in old age psychiatry and community psychiatry services, especially in the care and assessment of complex physical co-morbidity; Experience and knowledge of psychopharmacology in older people; Excellent working knowledge and experience of the Mental Health Act; Comprehensive risk assessment and management in the community and inpatient setting; Excellent Clinical Leadership skills.
- Desirable: Confident in working with frail older adults; Experience of service development or change management in mental health; Experience of working with psychotherapy models of care; Experience of leading projects to improve quality of care.
Academic Achievement and Teaching:
- Essential: Able and willing to teach undergraduate medical students, promote an environment of continuous learning within the multidisciplinary team; Understanding of continuous improvement methodology (Quality Improvement).
- Desirable: Published research; Qualification or experience in medical education.
Clinical and professional Skills:
- Essential: Ability to train and supervise junior medical staff / medical students / staff from other disciplines; Excellent oral and written communication skills; Commitment to/skills in multidisciplinary working; Commitment to working with patients and carers in ongoing services development; Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Desirable: Management, performance and leadership courses or training; Management and leadership experience.
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 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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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