Consultant in General Adult Inpatient Psychiatry

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 February 2026

CNWL is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Consultant Psychiatrist working in our 18‑bed mixed gender ward, Shore Ward.

This full‑time position would be excellent for someone wanting to broaden their experience of acute psychiatry and develop their clinical skills in a supportive and challenging environment.

The role is to provide a comprehensive assessment and treatment package of care to all patients with a view to facilitating early discharge from hospital, to work closely with colleagues in the inpatient service to continuously improve the quality of acute care, and to work with colleagues across adult mental health services in Brent to ensure a coordinated, effective and person‑centered care pathway.

Brent Adult Mental Health Service provides a range of services for adults within community and hospital settings. Our community services have recently transformed to improve the quality of care received by people with mental health needs in their local community in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, towards provision of more integrated, organisation and place‑based care.

Brent adult mental health services:

• Acute in‑patients (3 ward - 47 beds) and PICU (11 beds) - Park Royal Centre for Mental Health
• Community Mental Health Hubs - three hubs serving the three GP networks in the borough. Harness and Kilburn hubs are based at Park Royal Centre for Mental Health, Park Royal;
  Kingsbury and Willesden Hub is based at Fairfields House, Kingsbury.
• Early Intervention Service:
  Fairlight Avenue, Harlesden
• Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT):
  Park Royal.
• Mental Health Act Team (AMHP Team):
  Park Royal
• Brent Integrated Psychology and Psychotherapy Services embedded within teams
• Community Forensic Service:
  Provided in collaboration with West London NHS Trust.
• Brent Talking Therapies
• Brent Community Collaboration and health inequalities team
• Mental health social team which deliver AMHP, hospital discharge, placements and complex case management
• Rethink mental health team

Core Clinical responsibilities

The postholder will be responsible for providing sole and dedicated consultant psychiatric care to people admitted to Shore Ward at Park Royal MHC. The postholder will provide leadership for the performance culture of the ward, ensuring best practice is employed across the facility, and that the Trusts quality and productivity targets are met. The ethos of Park Royal MHC is one in which in‑patient care is delivered by an integrated multi‑disciplinary team with a shared sense of ownership for the ward environment as well as the clinical services provided.

The postholder will adopt an active and pragmatic leadership style as a way of promoting this type of ward environment, thus ensuring collaborative working both at a clinical and an operational level. The postholder will be expected to participate in quality improvement and service evaluation projects and will be encouraged to undertake service evaluation and/or research which may be relevant to either short or long‑term service improvement.

Together with the Matron, Ward Manager and other senior MDT colleagues the postholder will provide overall clinical leadership for the Ward Multidisciplinary team as well as direct clinical assessments and consultations for the Team, including the following:

Medical input, consultation and clinical leadership to the ward, and overall clinical responsibility for people admitted to the unit. Medical input and leadership in care planning and risk assessment for people subject to the care planning (CPA) process. Acting as the Responsible Clinician for people admitted to Shore Ward as appropriate and undertaking associated duties and responsibilities including attending and writing reports for Mental Health Tribunals and Managers hearings.

In 2017/8 47 tribunals were requested over the course of the year, resulting in 17 tribunals being completed for Shore Ward. Regular clinical liaison with the Community Consultants in the…