# Consultant Psychiatrist - Older Adults - Inpatients > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-older-adults-inpatients/90ad2d73-ed24-4f3a-8bd3-854144e57119 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-older-adults-inpatients/90ad2d73-ed24-4f3a-8bd3-854144e57119.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trust sites - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (40 hrs / 10 x PA's) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-27T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-13T08:20:35.086Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Midlands/West_Bromwich/Black_Country_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Older_Adult_Psychiatry/Older_Adult_Psychiatry-v8226534 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8226534?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Older Adult Inpatient Team vacancies 1 x Consultant Psychiatrist, Clara Ward - Edward Street Hospital West Bromwich 1 x Consultant Psychiatrist, Cedars Ward - Dorothy Pattison Hospital Older Adult Unit Walsall This is a new post which has become available due to internal restructuring of the Medical Workforce and as part of our Inpatient bed strategy and to implement GIRFT (Getting It Right First Time) recommendations. We are looking to appoint 2 Consultants, one in Edward street hospital(ESH), Sandwell and other in Dorothy Pattison hospital(DPH), Walsall. ### Main duties of the job The post holder is expected to provide consultant medical lead and care of all inpatients on their respective wards. This will include but not restricted to day-to-day care of all aspects of patient care along with the inpatient MDT which to include nurses, AHP, Psychology and other professionals involved in day to day and overall care of the inpatients. The consultant or/and senior member of the medical team will be expected to at least formally undertake a ward reviews twice a week along with the MDT. The post holder or/and senior member of the medical team to be involved in daily huddles at the start of the day for regular oversight The post holder will also be expected to liaise with Community and Hospital at Home Teams of the four localities. These Community Teams Medical Leads will be responsible for their specific catchment area in each of the four localities. The post holders will be expected to support to implement BCHFT GIRFT (Getting it Right First Time) and other directives in their inpatient roles along with the inpatient and other MDTs. The BCHFT has been keen to introduce ten high impact GIRFT actions e.g. improving/implementing estimated discharge date, Red to Green huddles, Red to Green dashboards, purpose for admission, 72-hour care formulation etc. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Job description and Person specification are currently with the Royal College for approval. A draft copy of the Job Description is available attached to this vacancy. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - GMC Registration ## Documents - [draft jd (pdf, 443.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10535758) - [draft ps (pdf, 368.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10535759) - [bchft anti racist declaration (pdf, 222.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2381) ## 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.