# Consultant Psychiatrist Mental Health Care for Older Persons

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 10 sessions per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-05-08T11:21:21.633Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health_Care_Older_Persons/Mental_Health_Care_Older_Persons-v7948802
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7948802?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join the Mental Health Care of Older Persons Community Mental Health Team in Newham. This is an opportunity to join a well established and high performing service. The post-holder will work alongside consultant colleagues in the CMHT and diagnostic memory clinic to deliver high quality care to older persons in the borough.

### Main duties of the job

To assume overall clinical responsibility for their sector patients and to review patients regularly together with the multi-disciplinary team. To ensure they provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and medical management to their patients.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.

## Job Details

We are seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join the Mental Health Care of Older Persons Community Mental Health Team in Newham. This is an opportunity to join a well established and high performing service. The post-holder will work alongside consultant colleagues in the CMHT and diagnostic memory clinic to deliver high quality care to older persons in the borough.

## Job Description

To assume overall clinical responsibility for their sector patients and to review patients regularly together with the multi-disciplinary team. To ensure they provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and medical management to their patients.

## Responsibilities

Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Fully registered with the General Medical Council
- On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of eligibility to apply.
- Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983 and Approved Clinician status, or eligible to apply once in post.

**Desirable**

- Higher training in approved training posts for minimum of 3 years and / or previous consultant training.
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- CCT in old age psychiatry

### Knowledge and Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of clinical work in Old Age Psychiatry at ST4-6 or Consultant level within the last 3 years
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
- Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices

**Desirable**

- Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
- Knowledge & experience of recovery-informed service delivery and working with patients as experts by experience

### Organisational Skills/Abilities

**Essential**

- Leadership skills
- Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
- Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that

**Desirable**

- Formal leadership and management training
- Experience of team /service leadership
- Experience of providing reflective practice to the teams

## Documents

- [elft strategy (pdf, 153.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1708)
- [job description (pdf, 768.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10228840)
- [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)

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