ConsultantPsychiatryPermanent

Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adults Liaison Psychiatry

East London NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

London

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Foundation

Posted

19 Feb

About the role

This is a rare opportunity to join the highly-regarded multidisciplinary liaison service at Homerton University Hospital in Hackney. There are opportunities to work flexibly and good support from a collegiate consultant body within the team and the wider Directorate.

Homerton University Hospital (HUH) NHS Foundation Trust provides a liaison psychiatry service which has a single point of access available 24 hours a day 7 days a week and is available to all patients with mental health conditions, dementia/delirium, substance misuse and medically unexplained symptoms who present to acute care. This service has been funded and designed in line with NHS England's 'Core 24' model of liaison psychiatry. Homerton Psychological Medicine (HPM) is a multidisciplinary assessment and brief intervention service providing expert advice, support and training to clinicians at the Homerton University Hospital Emergency Department (ED) and wards.

Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adults Liaison Psychiatry

East London NHS Foundation Trust

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Closing date: 10th May 2026

AAC panel interview: 19th May 2026

This is a less than full-time (0.8) substantive post. The post-holder will provide clinical leadership and work with the team manager and service lead to deliver high quality assessment and treatment to the population of adults and older adults who are attending Homerton Hospital Emergency Department (ED) due to mental health concerns, as well as for patients admitted to the acute wards at Homerton Hospital for physical health issues, and also require psychiatric input or advice. They will contribute to the overall management and service development of the service. We are keen to develop clinical and medical leadership. This post is suitable for an older adult consultant who is ready to also work with working age adults, or for a dual-trained adult & older adult consultant. Whilst this is an older adult post, the team is small and there is considerable cross-covering between consultants, so it is expected that the postholder will also carry out assessments of working age adults

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Person specification

Essential

Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months (older adult or dual older adult/adult)
Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
MRCPsych or equivalent
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
Ability and commitment to work with service users in service development and delivery
Excellent knowledge of operation of acute adult and older adult mental health service
An understanding of relevant Government guidelines, targets and legislation
Understanding of social care structures relevant to older adults
Excellent knowledge of mental health and capacity law, in particular application of the MCA 2005
Excellent experience of operation of older adult mental health service
Assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health and psychological disorders with evidence-based interventions
Assessment of cognitive impairment and diagnosis of dementia and delirium

Desirable

Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
Formal leadership/management training
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Experience of contributing and/or leading on service planning, development and management