Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Trust Grade Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Employer
- 306 North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Suffolk ward, The Chase Building
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £36,616 - £70,425 per annum plus London Weighting of £2,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Trust Grade Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry – Sussex Ward
NHS Medical & Dental: Trust Grade Doctor
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust is responsible for providing mental health services for people of all ages across the London Boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey, as well as providing some specialist services across the whole of North London and beyond. Since January 2011, the Trust also provides adult and children’s community health services in Enfield, following the transfer of Enfield Community Services from NHS Enfield.
Please note - Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust will only accept on-line application forms.
Job overview
These 2 posts (one of Suffolk ward and one on Sussex ward) have previously been filled by CT1-3 trainees on rotation.
We have not been able to have trainees allocated to these posts for the last 1-2 years as there isn’t a substantive consultant in post on either of the wards. The posts have thus been filled by locum agency doctors and more recently doctors employed on a fixed term contract (Dr Adaobi Unakalamba on Sussex ward and Dr Amira Baliram on Suffolk ward).
We now wish to employ doctors on a permanent/substantive basis on both wards – 2x WTE posts.
Main duties of the job
The posts have become available as the two wards are no longer hosting Core Psychiatry Trainees due to relocation of training posts. The posts have been filled over the past year by doctors employed on a fixed term contract. These posts are available as full-time post and will involve working on either of the 2 wards (either Suffolk or Sussex ward). Each of the two posts would offer 10 Programmed Activities per week – 8 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and up to 2 PAs for supporting professional activity (SPA).
Working for our organisation
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
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We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
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We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
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We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
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NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
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Excellent internal staff network
The post holder will be aligned with our Values:
- We Are Kind
- We Are Respectful
- We Work Together
- We Keep Things Simple
- We Empower
- We Are Proudly Diverse
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holders will be required to provide clinical and professional input to their team and to take part in related service development activities alongside the consultants and managers in each team. The posts will offer the opportunity to perform clinical assessments of individuals with mental health problems including mental state examination, history taking, and attendance of meetings with the multidisciplinary team. Additional opportunities with regards to Mental Health Act Assessments, tribunal report writing and attendance as well as leading of MDT meetings/work.
The post holders will gain experience with the full spectrum of psychiatric morbidity. The post holders will work closely with their respective multidisciplinary teams (consultant, other doctors, physician associate, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapist, social workers & graduate mental health workers). The care delivered is recovery-focused, placing emphasis on individuals’ strengths and goals for the future.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a license to practice from the GMC by the intended start date
Desirable criteria
- A minimum of 3 months experience in psychiatry (its equivalent gained on a part time basis) or equivalent experience and competencies in psychiatric specialties
- Other postgraduate qualification of relevance
Employment Status
Essential criteria
- Eligibility to work in the UK
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous medical or psychiatric experience in foundation training or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Experience in adult acute inpatient psychiatry including clinical attachment in psychiatry in UK.
- Experience working in the NHS.
- Previous evidence of an interest in psychiatry
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, non-verbal and written
- Excellent skills in assessing physical health and undertake physical examination and blood tests
- Assessing and prioritizing patient needs
- Excellent IT skills for timely record keeping on electronic records
- Willing to take instructions and work flexibly
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural society
IT Experience & Skills
Essential criteria
- Basic computer skills, including ability to use e-mail and Internet
Desirable criteria
- Experience in data gathering and management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Lakshmy Kunnambath
- Job title
- Medical HR Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
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