Consultant Psychiatrist - Older Adults - Dudley

NHS; Dudley; On-site; GBP 79,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the West Midlands is seeking a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to work at Bushey Fields Hospital, Dudley. The role involves leading a multidisciplinary team while focusing on community care, medical management, and teaching opportunities. Candidates must have GMC Registration, and will be involved in the ongoing development of new care models. This position offers a supportive service environment and opportunities for career development in a well-established teaching Trust.

Qualifications

• GMC Registration is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team including doctors, CPNs, Social Workers, and Occupational Therapists.
• Involvement in medical management and research.
• Opportunities to teach psychiatric and GP trainees.

Job description

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist - Older Adults - Dudley

The closing date is 16 December 2025

Applications are invited for a full-time Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry based at Bushey Fields Hospital Dudley to join two existing Consultants. This existing post is within a well-established supportive service working both on the in-patient wards and in the community, having retained the Continuity of Care model. The Consultant will lead a team of other doctors; CPNs; Social Workers and Occupational Therapists, and together with the existing workforce cover the communities of Dudley, Stourbridge and Halesowen in the Black Country. We are also developing new models and methods of working which will include liaison to primary care within the MCP model, and have developed an Old Age Home Treatment Team.

Main duties of the job

There are opportunities for someone with an enthusiasm for leadership to become involved in all other aspects of career development such as medical management and research. As a training and teaching Trust there are opportunities to teach postgraduate psychiatric and GP trainees and undergraduates from Birmingham and Grenada Universities and newly formed links with Aston Medical School. Links to local Universities have always been strong and input to Birmingham and Wolverhampton Universities is welcomed.

About us

This is a teaching Trust providing training for medical undergraduates from Birmingham University and postgraduate training as part of the School of Psychiatry, West Midlands Deanery.

Job responsibilities

Job description and Person specification are currently with the Royal College for approval. Once these documents have been approved, they will be uploaded to this job.

Person Specification

• GMC Registration

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.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust