Old Age consultant Psychiatrist

West London NHS Trust

Job summary

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
  • MRCPsych
  • Additional clinical qualifications

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

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

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

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).

Closing Date: 23 July 2026

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