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Post and Specialty:
Consultant Psychiatrist in Children and Adolescent Inpatient, Brookside Unit and the young person's Home Treatment Team.
Job Summary
Post and Specialty:
Consultant Psychiatrist in Children and Adolescent Inpatient, Brookside Unit and the young person's Home Treatment Team.
This is a replacement full-time post of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).
The purpose of this job description is to outline the level of responsibility and accountability of this post. This will ensure that all work undertaken by our staff is clearly identified and carried out under clear lines of accountability.
The expectation of the post holder will be to support their team, department and organisation to follow the Trust's Values in their day-to-day work.
* We are kind
* We are respectful
* We work with our communities
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be committed to establishing a culture of relational care and collaborative working across the inpatient unit and home treatment team. You will work as a senior clinical lead in the multidisciplinary team and provide direct clinical care to patients. You are expected to demonstrate clinical and strategic leadership and provide supervision to clinicians where appropriate. You will work clinically with young people and their families, and work closely with community CAMHS colleagues in the care of young persons within the service, particularly from the London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest and Havering. The post holder will also be expected to take a lead on emergency Mental Health Act assessments of CAMHS cases in A&E and the Section 136 suite as required.
About Us
NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people. We are committed to delivering thebest careto the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.
We have an excellent reputation for research and quality development, this encouraged innovation, better ways of working and improved delivery of care. Joining us will offer you access to training opportunities, Continuing Professional Development, peer support groups, and a robust appraisal system. We can also offer professional mentoring and leadership training to suit your career stage and encourage your development.
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
Details
Date posted
02 July 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
395-MED0013ARD
Job locations
Brookside Unit, 107a Barley Lane, Goodmayes.
Ilford
IG3 8XQ
Job Description
Job responsibilities
General Duties
* To organise and prioritise your own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
* To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and
* adhere to them.
* To ensure effective risk management at clinical and team level.
Clinical Skills
* To assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions. This includes chronic, acute, and palliative care within own competencies, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes.
* To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.
* To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life.
* To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature, and peer review.
Job description
Job responsibilities
General Duties
* To organise and prioritise your own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
* To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and
* adhere to them.
* To ensure effective risk management at clinical and team level.
Clinical Skills
* To assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions. This includes chronic, acute, and palliative care within own competencies, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes.
* To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.
* To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life.
* To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature, and peer review.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register for Psychiatry or within 6 months of obtaining CCT o
* Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.
Experience
Essential
* oMastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in older adults
* oExperience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds.
* oWorking with interpreters and translators
Knowledge
Essential
* oExtensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based treatment interventions.
* oAn understanding of leadership and evidence of how this has been put into practice.
Clinical Skills
Essential
* Excellent clinical skills
* Excellent communication skills both verbally and written
Person Specification
Essential
* Excellent clinical skills
* Excellent communication skills both verbally and written
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address
Brookside Unit, 107a Barley Lane, Goodmayes.
Ilford
IG3 8XQ
Employer's website
https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address
Brookside Unit, 107a Barley Lane, Goodmayes.
Ilford
IG3 8XQ
Employer's website
https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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