COMMUNITY ADULT PSYCHIATRY SPECIALTY DOCTOR MHWT - WEST (BARKING)
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The closing date is 22 October 2025
COMMUNITY ADULT PSYCHIATRY SPECIALTY DOCTOR
MHWT - WEST
(BARKING - ESSEX)
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.
Contract
Substantive
Hours
None
Location
Barking Community Hospital, Upney Lane, Barking, Essex, IG11 9LX.
Qualifications needed:
Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
Section 12 certification, or a commitment to work towards this.
Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in adults, including neurodevelopmental disorders
At least 4 years of full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee or shall have equivalent experience and competencies
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
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
About us
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 for a Community Adult Psychiatry Specialty Doctor position in the West Mental Health & Wellness Team, based at Barking Community Hospital, Upney Lane, Barking, Essex, IG11 9LX.
This is a replacement, substantive, full-time post, which will be vacant soon. We wish to recruit to this post as soon as possible.
You will join two full-time Adult Consultant Psychiatrist, and a Core Trainee doctor within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.
Why Barking & Dagenham?
Barking & Dagenham has extremely good transport links to central London and eastwards to Essex and Kent.
Job responsibilities
You will be expected to:
Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to adult people with mental health needs, across Western Barking & Dagenham.
Provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases.
Provide guidance and supervision to the team.
Work directly with adults and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external adult mental health providers, and acute hospitals.
Work alongside two Adult Consultant Psychiatrists, and Core Trainee within the service and share clinical supervision requirements with them.
Develop links already established with the local acute trusts A&E departments and inpatient wards.
Be responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan, and deliver care.
Support your peers and the team manager and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative.
Supervise junior colleagues and liaise with other health and social professionals and agencies.
Person Specification
GMC Registration
* Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
Qualifications
* Section 12 certification, or a commitment to work towards this.
Knowledge
* Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in adults
Experience
* At least 4 years of full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee or shall have equivalent experience and competencies
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
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