Specialty Doctor | West London NHS Trust

Based in a popular area of West London, we are looking for a dynamic and skilled colleague to provide Specialty Doctor input to the Hounslow Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Service (CIDS) and Specialist Older Adult Mental Health Service (SOAMHS), both within the Older People's Mental Health Service (OPMHS).

These community teams continually strive to enhance the experience of patients, and those supporting them, and is closely linked to Imperial College London both in terms of teaching and research. They are co-located in Hounslow borough at Lakeside Mental Health Unit, adjacent to West Middlesex University Hospital

You will be joining an established multi-disciplinary clinical team. The SOAMHS and CIDS teams are integrated and work along New Ways of Working. The SOAMHS team provides a specialist service for the assessment and management of mental health needs to patients over 70 who require older people's services as outlined in the Royal college of Psychiatrists document"Age discrimination in mental health services: making equality a reality". The CIDS team offers a service for all patients with a primary dementia

We are looking for a candidate with the drive, enthusiasm and vision to improve our team's delivery of care, and contribute to our ongoing expansion and transformation of mental health and community health services. A candidate who is not just good at looking after the interests of the patients our teams will treat today, but can also think ahead and gradually improve everything we do to improve outcomes for all of our future patients and carers. The willingness and ability to do the latter well which separates average, from exceptional, high-performing, clinicians and this is what we are seeking.

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.