Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist – Barnet South Core Team

NHS; Edgware; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in North London is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join their multidisciplinary team. The role involves providing high-quality care for adults with complex mental health issues, ensuring patient-centered approaches and leadership in service development. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative mental health care in the community.

Qualifications

• Responsible for adults with complex mental health presentations.
• Mentorship support for new consultants.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical and service development activities.
• Ensure compliance with legal obligations under the Mental Health Act.
• Assessment and formulation of patients' biopsychosocial needs.

Skills

Leadership

Patient-centered care

Mental health assessment

Team collaboration

Education

Consultant Psychiatrist

Job description

Job summary

The post offered is that of Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry (10PAs), working in the Barnet South Core Community Team. The team is aligned to the Primary Care GP Locality in the South 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 South Team is one of three adult core community teams (previously known as locality teams) within Barnet (North, South, and West). The team is multidisciplinary and consists of professionals from nursing, social work, psychiatry, psychology, occupational therapy, graduate mental health workers, and community engagement workers, supported by a dedicated admin team. The care delivered is recovery-focused, emphasizing strengths and goals for the future, empowering individuals to control their lives and seek opportunities beyond their conditions.

Main duties of the job

The service caters to adults experiencing a range of mental health difficulties, including complex needs best met by secondary mental health services. Conditions include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression, anxiety, personality disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. This is an exciting time to join the Trust, with many opportunities to contribute to service development and redesign.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our community.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. We will ensure equity of outcomes across North London in partnership with local boroughs.
3. We will offer supportive environments for staff to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will enhance effectiveness through research, quality improvement, and technology.

Travel flexibility may be required, including work at different locations within Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington, as deemed reasonable and necessary by the Trust.

Details

• Date posted: 16 May 2025
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Grade: Consultant
• Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 per year plus London Weighting of £2,162
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 455-NLFT-0060
• Job location: The Redhill Clinic, 64 Station Rd, Edgware, HA8 7AB

Job description

Job responsibilities

A detailed job description is attached. Support for new consultants includes mentorship from senior colleagues. The post involves consultant and Responsible Clinician (RC) responsibilities for a defined caseload, including assessment, supervision, and formulation of patients' biopsychosocial needs, ensuring evidence-based, patient-centered recovery practices. Leadership in clinical and service development activities, compliance with legal obligations under the Mental Health Act (MHA), including acting as RC for detained patients, are core to the role.