Acting Up Community Adult Consultant Psychiatrist MHWT – WEST
Closing date: 09 December 2025
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.
Contract
Fixed Term - 3 months
Hours
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
* 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 to an Adult Consultant Psychiatrist 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 – 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).
The post holder will work alongside another Adult Consultant Psychiatrists (Dr Basit Hussain) and 2wte GPvTS trainees in the West Mental Health Wellness Team and provide care to the adult residents of the Electoral Wards named Abbey, Gascoigne, parts of Longbridge, Eastbury, Thames, and Mayesbrook.
Job responsibilities
You will be expected to:
* Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to adult people with mental health needs, across West 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 another Adult Consultant Psychiatrist, and trainees within the service.
* Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.
Person Specification
Registration
* Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
Qualifications
* CCT or equivalent
Section 12
* Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
Knowledge
* Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
Specialist Register
* Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
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
£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum pro rota
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