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Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry Oak Tree (RRP 30K)
YC72
Main area Older Adult Psychiatry Grade YC72 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 333-G-HMOA-C-0006
Site Woodland Centre, Hillingdon Hospital site Town Uxbridge Salary £109,725 - £145,478 London weighting of £2162 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/04/2026 23:59 Interview date 28/04/2026
Job overview
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry within Oak Tree Ward
We have an exciting Consultant Psychiatrist role in The London Borough of Hillingdon working with Older People Services within our inpatient unit. This is a full-time role (10 PAs) and offers the opportunity for varied activities across clinical, service development, and Research and Development domains.
The wider Hillingdon Older Adult Service has CMHT, Older Adult Home Treatment, and Memory Assessment teams, and within the borough, holds a position of being at the forefront of innovation in integrated care. We have strong links with Primary Care, Acute Hospital, Social Care, and VCSE partners with whom we have a number of collaborations.
We are a well‑resourced multi‑disciplinary team, and the post holder will have a dedicated office and access to IT and other resources to support your role.
The candidate should be on the GMC Specialist Register or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT at the time of interview.
This post attracts Golden Hello for up to 30K (taxable and non‑pensionable), Relocation package for up to 8K (subject to eligibility), generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, NHS pension scheme and a range of staff discounts including purchase and lease of new cars.
AAC : 28 April 2026 PM
Main duties of the job
The Hillingdon Older Adults CMHT is a well‑established multidisciplinary team which is located at the Woodland Centre. Staff are experienced in integrated multi‑agency working. CMHT referrals are triaged daily and feedback discussed at a weekly clinical meeting that is chaired by the Team Manager. The CMHT undertake comprehensive assessments and treatment working to the model of New Ways of Working. All qualified team members carry out standardised initial assessments, which are discussed at the weekly team meeting.
Working for our organisation
Oak Tree Ward is a modern 17‑bedded en‑suite unit providing assessment and treatment for older adults with complex or acute mental health needs, with the aim of supporting a return to independent living. The multidisciplinary team includes doctors, psychiatric nurses, an occupational therapist, a psychologist and healthcare assistants. The ward is based at the Woodland Centre on the Hillingdon Hospital site, alongside other Older Adult services including CMHT, Home Treatment and Memory Services.
On average, there are around four admissions and four discharges per month. Most patients are admitted from their usual residence, with a small proportion from the general hospital. The average length of stay (August 2021) was 64 days. Most patients return home on discharge, with a small number requiring placements.
Approximately two-thirds have a primary organic diagnosis.
Patients requiring ongoing support can be referred to the Home Treatment Service and access therapy via the Specialist Therapies Team. The Specialist Memory Service provides assessment and intervention for dementia. The team works closely with Social Care on placement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Delivering assessment and care for service users (including investigations and treatment) with acute and chronic psychiatric conditions including dementia and psychiatric functional illnesses in the inpatient setting
* Ensuring that interventions are provided in a sensitive, accessible and culturally appropriate way.
* The provision of clinical leadership within the multi‑disciplinary team and clinical advice or supervision where needed.
* Undertaking assessments under the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) including Deprivation of liberty safeguarding (DoLS) as appropriate.
* Undertaking work under the Mental Health Act including the functions of a Responsible Clinician (RC) where required.
* Taking the role of RC for all patients admitted to Oak Tree ward.
* Working in consultation and agreement with the older adult and adult consultants and ward managers to ensure that care is delivered in the most appropriate setting for all service users needing admission.
* Lead on, in partnership with the Clinical Lead and Matron, quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation projects.
* To develop R&D activities in partnership with Brunel University.
* To attend and take an active role in all regular clinical, service development, and business meetings.
* To manage and supervise Resident medical staff on the ward. The Specialist Trainee is supervised by the CMHT consultant psychiatrist.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice.
* Included on the GMC specialist register or within 3 months.
* Approved under section 12(2) MHA, 1983 or within 3 months.
* Approved Clinician status or within 3 months of appointment.
* MRCPsych or equivalent.
* CCT in Old Age Psychiatry.
* Management training/qualifications.
* Recognised Royal College of Psychiatrists specialist registrar trainer.
Knowledge
* Up-to-date knowledge in management of adults with learning disability.
* Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation. Specialist interest as demonstrated by publications or presentations to learned societies.
* Knowledge of current issues in national strategic direction.
* Application of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group.
* Development of close collaboration with general hospital services.
Skills
* Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions.
* Ability to promote effective team working.
* Active participation in clinical audit.
* Must have good skills in communication with patients, relatives/carers, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
* Experience in supervising basic and advanced level psychiatric trainees.
* Relevant experience of the administrative, management and leadership roles of senior medical staff.
* Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
* Research experience and skills.
Knowledge
* Up-to-date knowledge in management of adults with learning disability.
* Awareness of current issues in mental health service.
* Knowledge of current issues in national strategic direction.Ability to undertake full range of consultant responsibilities.
* Application of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group.
* Development of close collaboration with general hospital services.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London’s population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page
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Name Dr Andrea Tocca Job title CD, AMD & Consultant Psychiatrist Email address a.tocca@nhs.net Telephone number 01895 484 795 Additional information
Further Information & Arrangements to visit:
Dr Andrea Tocca, Clinical Director, Associate Medical Director for Place of Integration & Consultant Psychiatrist
E: a.tocca@nhs.net
T: 01895 484 795
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