Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist – Barnet North Team

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in London is seeking an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Barnet North Core Community Team. The role includes responsibilities for adults with complex mental health needs, emphasizing patient-centered care and evidence-based practices. Applicants should have GMC registration and experience in clinical settings, with the opportunity for mentorship and career development. Competitive salary and full-time work offered.

Qualifications

• GMC Specialist Register or within six months.
• Approved clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months.
• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment of new patients.
• Ensure evidence-based practice in recovery principles.
• Maintain compliance with all legal obligations as prescribed by the Mental Health Act.

Skills

Excellent knowledge in specialty

Excellent clinical skills using biopsychosocial perspective

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Ability to manage clinical complexity

Ability to work in and lead team

Education

MBBS or equivalent qualification

Full Registration with GMC

Job description

Overview

The post offered is that of Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry (10PA), working in the Barnet North Core Community Team. The team is aligned to the Primary Care GP Locality in the North of the Borough. The post holder will share consultant lead responsibilities with one full-time substantive consultant in the service, ensuring high quality, patient-centered, effective and safe care is delivered by the team. This post will have responsibility for adults with complex mental health presentations. The North Team is one of three adult core community teams (previously known as locality teams) within Barnet (North, South and West). The team is multi-disciplinary and consists of professionals from nursing, social work, psychiatry, psychology, occupational therapy, graduate mental health workers and community engagement workers and are supported by a dedicated admin team. The care delivered is recovery-focused which involves a change in focus from managing problems and symptoms to focusing on an individual\'s strengths and goals for the future. The service aims to assist individuals to be in control of your own life and seek out opportunities beyond their condition. The service is for adults experiencing a range of mental health difficulties and who may also have complex needs that would be best met by secondary mental health services.

Main duties of the job

A more detailed job description is attached. There is support for newly appointed consultants in the StartWell group. As part of this the post holder will have the opportunity of having a more senior consultant as a mentor. The post holder will have consultant and RC responsibility for a defined caseload of service users under the care of the Barnet West Core Community Mental Health Team. The post holder will provide assessment of new patients and clinical supervision of assessments carried out by other team members; making formulations using a biopsychosocial model. Ensuring evidence-based practice that is patient centered in recovery principles. The post holder will provide clinical and professional leadership in the Team and will take part in management activities related to the post and the wider service within which it is embedded. Service development and quality improvement in line with the Trust\'s vision, values and objectives are core responsibilities. The post holder is expected to maintain compliance with all legal obligations as prescribed by the Mental Health Act (MHA) and the Ministry of Justice. The post holder is expected to assess patients under the MHA and make recommendations under the MHA and to act as Responsible Clinician (RC) for patients detained under a S17A Mental Health Act 1983 (Community Treatment Order).

About us

The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services 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, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. 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.

Details

Date posted: 28 August 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 455-NLFT-0281-A

Job locations: Springwell Centre Barnet General Hospital, Wellhouse Lane London EN5 3DJ

Job responsibilities

The Trust is committed to the implementation of the annual consultant appraisal, outlined in the NHS Executive Advance Letters (MD) 6/00 and (MD) 5/01. The Trust uses the L2P software for the appraisal process. Appraisal and revalidation lead is Dr Koye Odutoye. The Responsible Officer for revalidation is Dr Vincent Kirchner. Consultants joining the Trust will be offered a formal job planning meeting within three months of joining the workforce. Job planning meetings are held by the presence of the clinical director (and service director if appropriate) with a job plan being reached collaboratively between the post holder, their line manager and the service director. The Trust is committed to annual reviews of job plans with a view to ensure that job plans are realistic and offer a productive balance between clinical care, service development needs and personal developmental goals of the post-holder. Consultants joining the Trust will participate in a two-day trust-wide induction, and will be offered an individually arranged local induction program, during which they will meet local managers and colleagues, with whom they will share an interface.

Person Specification

Application and interview Essential

• MBBS or equivalent qualification
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start date
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Section 12 Approved or able to achieve within three months of appointment
• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using biopsycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead team
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement
• Participated in research or service evaluation
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
• Has actively participated in clinical audit/quality improvement programmes
• Basic computer skills, including ability to use e-mail and Internet

• Desirable
• Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Open Dialogue Training
• Additional clinical qualification
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Reflect on purpose of CPD undertaken
• Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
• Experience in data gathering and management

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.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Springwell Centre Barnet General Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, London, EN5 3DJ

Employer\'s website: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/