Consultant Old Age Liaison Psychiatrist | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 20 Mai 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 19 Mehefin 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Ilford, IG3 8YB |
| Cwmni: | North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7222879/395-MED011ARD |
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This post is for an Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist in the Older Adult Psychiatric Liaison Team, based at King George Hospital, Barley Lane, Ilford, IG3 8YB.
It is a 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).
Rationale for post:
This is a well-established post. The previous consultant moved to another post within the organisation. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit substantively to this post as soon as possible.
On-call responsibilities:
The postholder will be part of the Senior Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours for Mental Health Services in NELFT. The on-call covers Adult and Older Adult services. This is currently a 1:50 rota with a 3% Category A salary supplement. The Trust also has a Daytime (9am-5pm) Section 136 rota with an approximate frequency of 1 day every 3 months, with all Section 12 approved doctors expected to take a lead on emergency Mental Health Act assessments in the Section 136 suite on the Goodmayes site.
The post holder will be committed to upholding a culture of care and collaborative working in the Psychiatric Liaison Service of King George Hospital (KGH). You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide direct input to clinical cases. You will be expected to provide clinical leadership and supervision to the team, work directly with older adult patients and their families and liaise as appropriate with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Trust (BHRUT) Trust colleagues, and NELFT Older Adult Home Treatment Team, inpatient and community based colleagues and teams. You will also develop good working relationships with our Emergency Department and geriatric services working in King George Hospital to continually improve on care delivered to our patients.
NELFT operates Psychiatric Liaison Services for adults and older adults at both BHRUT’s Acute Hospitals; Queen’s Hospital and King George Hospital. This post relates to the care of older adults referred to our Psychiatric Liaison Service at King George Hospital. This service provides psychiatric assessment and management to patients 18+ (adults of working age & older adults) attending the Emergency Department or referred from the acute medical wards.
NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.
We have an excellent reputation for research and quality development, this encouraged innovation, better ways of working and improved delivery of care. Joining us will offer you access to training opportunities, Continuing Professional Development, peer support groups, and a robust appraisal system. We can also offer professional mentoring and leadership training to suit your career stage and encourage your development.
NELFT Benefits:
· Relocation expenses
· Career Development and training
· Just & Compassionate Culture
· Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
· Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
· Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Health & Wellness initiatives
· 11 Staff Networksincluding parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
· Retail Discounts
· Flexible working and agile working
· Cycle to work scheme
To be successful in your application, you will need to:
· Demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT’s values,
· Be innovative, motivated, and passionate about adult mental health care,
· Understanding of current developments in mental health care,
· A clinical lead and a team player
This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Jun 2025