NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Consultant Old Age Liaison Psychiatrist

The closing date is 03 June 2025

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

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 Networks including 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

Date posted

20 May 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

395-MED011ARD

Job locations

King George Hospital

Barley Lane

Ilford

IG3 8YB

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be successful in your application, you will need to:

Demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFTs 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

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be successful in your application, you will need to:

Demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFTs 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register for Psychiatry or within 6 months of obtaining CCT o
Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.

Experience

Essential

oMastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in older adults
oExperience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds.
oWorking with interpreters and translators

Knowledge

Essential

oExtensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based treatment interventions.
oAn understanding of leadership and evidence of how this has been put into practice.

Clinical Skills

Essential

Excellent clinical skills
Excellent communication skills both verbally and written

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register for Psychiatry or within 6 months of obtaining CCT o
Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.

Experience

Essential

oMastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in older adults
oExperience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds.
oWorking with interpreters and translators

Knowledge

Essential

oExtensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based treatment interventions.
oAn understanding of leadership and evidence of how this has been put into practice.

Clinical Skills

Essential

Excellent clinical skills
Excellent communication skills both verbally and written

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

King George Hospital

Barley Lane

Ilford

IG3 8YB

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

King George Hospital

Barley Lane

Ilford

IG3 8YB

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)