COMMUNITY ADULT CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST MHWT - NORTH (WANSTEAD)

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A community and mental health Trust in the Greater London area is seeking a Community Adult Consultant Psychiatrist. The role involves providing senior medical support to multidisciplinary teams and delivering care to adults with mental health needs. Candidates must have full GMC registration and relevant qualifications. This full-time position offers a competitive salary ranging from £109,725 to £145,478 per annum and various staff benefits enhancing work-life balance and professional development.

Benefits

Relocation expenses

Career Development and training

Health & Wellness initiatives

Flexible working opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Demonstrate accordance with NELFT's values.
• Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care.
• Ability to support multidisciplinary working effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to adults with mental health needs.
• Participate in the on-call rota.
• Work directly with adults and families.

Skills

Innovative and motivated

Understanding of mental health care

Team player

Education

CCT or equivalent

Section 12 Approval or eligibility

Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Job description

Job overview

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 five 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

COMMUNITY ADULT CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST

MHWT - NORTH

(WANSTEAD, E11 2DH)

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.

Job Details

Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum

Contract Substantive

Hours Full-time : 10 Programmed Activities (DCC : SPA =

On call

Frequency 1 : 50; Category A - 3% on call supplement

Location Mellmead House, 4 Orchard Close, Rodney Road, Wanstead, Redbridge, E11 2DH

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 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 a Community Adult Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Mental Health Wellness Team – North, based at Mellmead House, 4 Orchard Close, Rodney Road, Wanstead, Redbridge, E11 2DH. This is a replacement, full‑time, substantive post. We wish to recruit to this post as soon as possible.

You will join consultants, a 1wte Specialty Doctor, and 2wte trainee doctors within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.

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 northern Redbridge.
• 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 (pro‑rate).
• Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative
• Work alongside consultants, 1wte Specialty Doctor, and 2wte trainee doctors
• 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

Benefits

• A long‑standing and award‑winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term / chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.