Overview
Applications are invited for a full time Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry based at Bushey Fields Hospital Dudley to join 2 existing Consultants. This post is within a well-established supportive service working both on the in-patient wards and in the community, retaining the Continuity of Care model. The Consultant will lead a team of 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 developing new models and methods of working including 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 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 CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Closing date: 24 October 2025
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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