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A prominent mental health service provider in Greater London seeks a consultant psychiatrist to enhance medical cover in their Ealing Liaison Psychiatry Service. The successful candidate will lead the liaison psychiatry team, act as a Responsible Clinician, and collaborate closely with various mental health and acute services. This role involves significant leadership, integration of services, and delivery of teaching and training programs. The position offers a whole-time equivalent commitment with a dynamic, team-oriented environment.
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, seeing 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.
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 the 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’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’. The Trust is an established partner and contributor to the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board, and leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
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This advert closes on Monday 29 Dec 2025.
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