Consultant Old Age Inpatient Psychiatrist Cook Ward

Company: NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
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Location: Ilford
Job Description:

Consultant Old Age Inpatient Psychiatrist – Cook Ward

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CONTRACT: 8 Programmed Activities (8 PAs)

JOB TYPE: Substantive or Fixed Term (as preferred). Flexible working available – including job share, part-time, remote sessions considered.

BASE: Cook Ward, Goodmayes Hospital; Barley Lane; Ilford; IG3 8XJ

THE JOB DESCRIPTION IS PENDING ROYAL COLLEGE APPROVAL.

Inpatient Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adults, for functional and dementia care. This is a less than fulltime position that has been available for some time and is covered by a locum. It is an 8 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 6 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.0 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).

The expectation of the post holder is to support their team, department and organisation to follow the Trust’s Values in their day-to-day work; we are kind, we are respectful and we work with our communities.

This less than full-time post is for an Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist position on an Older Adult Acute Ward for women (Cook Ward) with an excellent, stable and well-resourced multidisciplinary inpatient team.

On-call Responsibilities

The postholder will be part of the Senior Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours for Mental Health Services in NELFT. The on-call covers Adult and Older Adult services. This is currently a 1:40 rota with a 3% Category A salary supplement. xwzovoh The Trust also has a Daytime (9am-5pm) Section 136 rota with an approximate frequency of 1 day every 3 months, with all Section 12 approved doctors expected to take a lead on emergency Mental Health Act assessments in the Section 136 suite on the Goodmayes site.

Who To Contact For Informal Inquiries

  • Deputy Chief Medical Officer: Dr Sarah Dracass – Email:
  • Associate Medical Director: Dr Yasmin Sultana – Email:
  • Chief Medical Officer: Dr Helene Brown – Email:
  • Medical Staffing – Email:

Posted: March 11th, 2026