Job summary
Employer heading
COMMUNITY ADULT CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Please note: We reserve the right to close the advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.
COMMUNITY ADULT CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST
MENTAL HEALTH WELLENSS TEAM - NORTH
Job Details:
Salary |
£99,532 - £131,964 per annum |
Contract |
Substantive |
Hours |
Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 7.5:2.5) |
On call |
Frequency 1:50; Category A - 3% on call supplement |
Location |
Barking Community Hospital, Upney Lane, Barking, Essex, IG11 9LX. |
Qualifications needed:
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- CCT or equivalent
- Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
- Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
- Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
Main duties of the job
To be successful in your application, you will need:
- To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT’s values,
- To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Adult mental health care,
- Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,
- To be a team player
NELFT Benefits:
- Relocation expenses
- Career Development and training
- Just & Compassionate Culture
- Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
- Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
- Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Health & Wellness initiatives
- 11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
- Retail Discounts
- Flexible working and agile working
- Cycle to work scheme
Working for our organisation
Why NELFT?
NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.
With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.
We are currently recruiting to an Adult Consultant Psychiatrist position in the North Mental Health & Wellness Team, based at Barking Community Hospital, Upney Lane, Barking, Essex, IG11 9LX.
The post holder will work alongside another 1.8wte Consultants as well as a Core Trainee and a GPvTS trainee in the North Mental Health Wellness Team, and provide care to the adult residents of the Electoral Wards named Chadwell Heath, Whalebone, Becontree, Valence, Parsloes, and Heath.
Why Barking & Dagenham?
Barking & Dagenham has extremely good transport links to central London and eastwards to Essex and Kent.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be expected to:
- Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to adult people with mental health needs, across Barking and Dagenham.
- Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team
- Work directly with adults and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external adult mental health providers and acute hospitals
- Participate in the on-call rota frequency is currently 1:50, with a 3% of basic salary, Category A on-call supplement.
- Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative
- Work alongside other Adult Consultant Psychiatrists, and trainees.
- Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CCT or equivalent
Section 12 Approval
Essential criteria
- Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
Specialist Register
Essential criteria
- Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vincent Perry
- Job title
- Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03005551201
- Additional information
To apply for this role, please visit www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk or www.jobs.nhs.uk and search under job reference number 395-MED391-24.
For more information, hear directly from our clinicians in Barking and Dagenham, by accessing this video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mtdcf081Es
We encourage you to view our Trust website and read the news stories, which will give you more information about the breadth of the organisation and our innovative services. Please visit www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk/why-join-us or www.nelft.nhs.uk
Please also view our social media pages to get an insight into life at #TeamNELFT.
Twitter: @NELFT / NELFTCareers
LinkedIn: NELFT NHS Foundation Trust | LinkedIn
Facebook: NELFT | London | Facebook
For further details / informal visits contact:
Associate Medical Director: Dr Basit Hussain
Medical Director: Dr Vincent Perry
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