Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adults Liaison Psychiatry
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This is an opportunity to join the highly regarded Adult Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Directorate in Newham. The post has become available due to the substantive post-holder leaving the Trust. The post holder will work alongside two other liaison consultant psychiatrists in the Newham Mental Health Liaison and Psychological Medicine Service. A service for adults of working age and older adults based at Newham University Hospital, providing a comprehensive ageless liaison psychiatry service across A&E and inpatient settings.
The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join the Newham psychiatry liaison team. The vacancy has arisen as the result of the current substantive post-holder leaving the Trust. The post-holder will clinically supervise trainees in psychiatry in addition to non-medical members of the MDT. The post-holder will provide liaison psychiatry care across the range of contexts in NUH and will develop close working relationships with colleagues working in acute care in NUH. Their primary focus will be in liaison related to mental health care for older persons although cross cover and working collaboratively with general liaison psychiatry colleagues is essential to the effective delivery of the service.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 13 Apr 2025.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Consulting
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* Mental Health Care
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