Consultant Older Adult Psychiatrist- Inpatient THNHS

Job summary

Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adults, for functional old age psychiatry inpatient care, Leadenhall ward, Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health, Mile End Hospital.

This 10PA position

The appointee will have clinical responsibility for the care of acute elderly male and female inpatients from Tower Hamlets, Newham, City and Hackney on Leadenhall ward.

This full time post is inpatient based with an excellent, stable and well-resourced multidisciplinary inpatient team in Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health (Leadenhall ward). There are opportunities to work flexibly and good support from a collegiate consultant body within the older adults' teams and TH Directorate.

Anticipated start date 2nd November 2026

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing specialist mental health services to older adults living in Tower Hamlets including those with complex mental and physical health needs. The post holder will mainly deliver inpatient care for a patient population with functional illnesses, however there will be an overlap with organic illness. The post-holder will assume full consultant responsibilities for a proportion of service users under the care of Leadenhall Ward.

Job description

The 1.0 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) job plan will be developed to meet the needs of the service and is envisaged to include 7.5 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 2.5 PAs for supporting programmed activities (SPA). The main duties of the post consist of providing consultant input to Leadenhall ward assessing patients, devising management plans and providing clinical leadership

About us

ELFT- We provide a wide range of mental health, community health, primary care, wellbeing and inpatient services to young people, working age adults and older adults across the City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. Outstanding CQC rating 2023. We care, We respect, and We are inclusive