Consultant

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a qualified professional for a key leadership role in Liaison Psychiatry. The ideal candidate will provide clinical expertise while contributing to the service's educational and governance activities. Responsibilities include leading the liaison team, undertaking patient assessments, and ensuring integrated care across mental health services. Strong leadership, team collaboration, and an understanding of clinical governance are essential for success in this vital role.

Qualifications

• Expertise in liaison psychiatry with knowledge of specialty.
• Ability to work in teams and manage clinical complexity.
• Commitment to shared leadership and compliance with trust values.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the liaison psychiatry team.
• Act as Responsible Clinician for mental health assessments.
• Collaborate with services for integrated patient care.

Skills

Team leadership

Clinical governance understanding

Teaching and training

Empathy and emotional intelligence

Service change or audit improvement

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Medical education or management qualification

Fully registered with the GMC

GMC Specialist Register or nearing completion of training

Job description

We are delighted to be advertising a 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) post which has been created by new monies, designed to enhance the medical cover at the Ealing Liaison Psychiatry service.

Ealing LPS service operates the Core-24 liaison psychiatry model, in line with NHS England commissioning guidelines. The service provides rapid and effective input to patients in all inpatient wards and ED in Ealing. The service sees patients over the age of 16 regardless of address or GP location. ELPS operates 24 hours, every day. Out-of-hours medical cover is provided by the on-call medical rota. The ELPS has good relationships with hospital clinicians and leaders. The high-intensity user service is run jointly by LPS and ED consultants and includes a dedicated social prescriber.

The post-holder will work collaboratively with the ELPS team manager and existing consultant psychiatrists to provide leadership and clinical expertise to the liaison psychiatry team to deliver a responsive and high-quality service. The post-holder will be pivotal to the ethos of the team and further integration of the liaison psychiatry service with the acute and mental health trusts' services.

Main duties of the job

• To work in close partnership with the team manager and other consultants to provide leadership to the liaison psychiatry team
• To ensure that the Trust values and the ethos of the clinical leadership team are experienced and delivered by all members of the team
• To act as a Responsible Clinician and undertake Mental Health Act Assessments as required for patients under the care of the liaison team
• To work collaboratively with services and colleagues in the mental health and acute trusts to provide integrated care for patients
• To work with Imperial Healthcare senior clinicians and managers, LPS service manager and clinical lead in developing strategies, policies and guidelines for service delivery
• To provide program of teaching and training to acute trust teams, ELPS colleagues, and medical students
• To undertake, lead and supervise service development projects
• To be an active member of the LPS SMT, leading governance of the service
• To participate in clinical governance activities including chairing investigations into serious incidents and complaints, and disseminating learning to the team
• Additional leadership and educational responsibilities within and external to the Trust will be encouraged and agreed on an individual basis through job planning

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Job 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

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment
• GMC Specialist Register or within six months of expected completion of specialist training
• MHA AC status (or within 3 months of starting) and Section 12(2) Approval
• Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Academic skills and lifelong learning

• Under- and post-graduate teaching
• Ability to work in and lead teams
• Able to manage clinical complexity
• Understands and experience in clinical governance and how it underpins care
• Commitment to shared leadership
• Enthusiasm for and commitment to developing liaison psychiatry services
• Demonstrate empathy through self-awareness and emotional intelligence
• Excellence in education, research or QI
• Evidence of improving outcomes through service change or audit

Other Requirements

• Commitment to and compliance with Trust values
• Mobile and able to travel to Trust sites

Clinical Knowledge

• Experience of liaison psychiatry with excellent knowledge of speciality
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

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.