# Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adults Liaison Psychiatry > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-in-older-adults-liaison-psychiatry/b1033011-3607-480f-a517-2a41cc1d8ec3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-in-older-adults-liaison-psychiatry/b1033011-3607-480f-a517-2a41cc1d8ec3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 8 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-12T10:33:59.969Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8079275 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8079275?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 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. Closing date: 5th July 2026 AAC panel interview: 11th August 2026 ### Main duties of the job 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 ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification. ## Job Details 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. Closing date: 5th July 2026 AAC panel interview: 11th August 2026 ## Job Description 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 ## Responsibilities For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - 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 ### Qualifications **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 **Desirable** - Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management. ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - 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 **Desirable** - Formal leadership/management training ### Clinical experinece **Essential** - 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** - 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 ## Documents - [elft strategy (pdf, 153.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1708) - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) - [job description and person specification elft hpm oa liaison 01.26 (pdf, 720.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10371255) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.