# Old Age consultant Psychiatrist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West London NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/old-age-consultant-psychiatrist/44ba8d3a-319f-4331-8a94-15b4e6601332 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/old-age-consultant-psychiatrist/44ba8d3a-319f-4331-8a94-15b4e6601332.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** West London NHS Trust - **Town:** Southall - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-07-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-03T07:52:10.818Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/West_London_NHS_Trust/Ealing_CIDs/Ealing_CIDs-v8115817 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8115817?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join West London NHS Trust as a Consultant Psychiatrist in Dementia & Cognitive Health within the Older People’s Mental Health Service in Ealing. This exciting new post offers the opportunity to lead and shape a high-performing Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Service (CIDS), delivering high-quality, person-centred care to a diverse population. You will work within a supportive multidisciplinary team, contribute to ongoing service transformation, and engage in teaching, research, and quality improvement. This role is ideal for a motivated clinician with vision and leadership skills who is committed to improving outcomes for patients with dementia and addressing health inequalities. ### Main duties of the job Provide senior clinical leadership in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients with dementia, cognitive impairment and functional illness in older adults. Lead on complex case discussions and deliver evidence-based care in line with NICE guidance. Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and across services to ensure seamless, integrated care pathways. Contribute to service development, clinical governance, quality improvement, and audit. Supervise and support junior doctors, trainees, and other professionals, and contribute to teaching programmes. Participate in the consultant on-call rota and fulfil Responsible Clinician duties where required. Maintain high standards of professional practice including appraisal, CPD, and GMC revalidation. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ## Job Details Join West London NHS Trust as a Consultant Psychiatrist in Dementia & Cognitive Health within the Older People’s Mental Health Service in Ealing. This exciting new post offers the opportunity to lead and shape a high-performing Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Service (CIDS), delivering high-quality, person-centred care to a diverse population. You will work within a supportive multidisciplinary team, contribute to ongoing service transformation, and engage in teaching, research, and quality improvement. This role is ideal for a motivated clinician with vision and leadership skills who is committed to improving outcomes for patients with dementia and addressing health inequalities. ## Job Description Provide senior clinical leadership in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients with dementia, cognitive impairment and functional illness in older adults. Lead on complex case discussions and deliver evidence-based care in line with NICE guidance. Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and across services to ensure seamless, integrated care pathways. Contribute to service development, clinical governance, quality improvement, and audit. Supervise and support junior doctors, trainees, and other professionals, and contribute to teaching programmes. Participate in the consultant on-call rota and fulfil Responsible Clinician duties where required. Maintain high standards of professional practice including appraisal, CPD, and GMC revalidation. ## Responsibilities The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ## Person Specification ### Eligibility **Essential** - Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment - GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months - Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice **Desirable** - GMC Specialist Register (old age psychiatry or dual training in both adult and old age) or within six months - Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment - Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment ### Qualifications **Essential** - MBBS or equivalent medical qualification **Desirable** - Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management - MRCPsych - Additional clinical qualifications ### Clinical knowledge **Essential** - Excellent clinical skills in assessment and treatment of older adults with mental health issues - Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA - Excellent knowledge in speciality **Desirable** - Wide range of specialist and sub- specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Commitment to and compliance with Trust values **Desirable** - Mobile and able to travel to Trust sites ### Academic skills and lifelong learning **Essential** - Excellent written and oral communication skills - Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training - Ability to work in and lead team - Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty - Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement - Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes **Desirable** - Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation - Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards - Evidence of improving patient outcomes through service change or audit ## Documents - [candidate pack (docx, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10426266) ## 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.