Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a consultant liaison psychiatrist in a prestigious London teaching hospital. West London NHS Trust is delighted to announce a 0.8 WTE 1-year fixed term post in Charing Cross Hospital.

The PLAN-accredited Hammersmith and Fulham Liaison Psychiatry Service operates in Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, serving Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals. The post-holder will provide joint leadership to H&FLPS alongside the team’s other two consultants, the multidisciplinary team and manager, clinical lead and director.

Relationships with the acute trust teams are key to the quality of care the team delivers.  The team has pioneered integrated services with the acute trust; including neurosciences, renal and A&E for the high intensity user service (which formed the basis for the North West London HIU service). The post-holder will be encouraged to lead on building and maintaining these relationships through clinical governance, teaching and service innovation.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work collaboratively with the H&FLPS 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.

 Training within the team and for acute trust staff is a key priority for the service. The post-holder will be expected to work with the consultants in developing the team’s training program. This is a strategic priority for both trusts, monitored at board level. 

The service has an ethos of creating, developing and successfully completing strategically important service developments projects. The post-holder will have ample opportunities to be involved in such projects, particularly those related to out-of-hospital strategies.

Working for our organisation

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 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 in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.