Consultant Psychiatrist Acute Inpatient in City & Hackney

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

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to lead the inpatient team at Gardner Ward in London. This full-time role involves high-level clinical assessments, multi-disciplinary collaboration, and leading service development initiatives for adult patients requiring inpatient care. The position demands excellent leadership, clinical skills, and a commitment to delivering high-quality healthcare.

Qualifications

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of operation in acute adult mental health services.
• Participation in clinical audit and quality improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant leadership and support to the inpatient team.
• Coordinate leave and cover for patients under RC responsibility.
• Contribute to service development within Gardner Ward.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills

Ability to manage clinical complexity

Leadership skills

Good written and oral communication skills

Education

Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent

Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise

Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)

Job description

Job summary

The role includes providing the RC cover, focusing on consultant level assessment of any new admissions that have taken place, actively supporting an effective interface between the ward, HTT and the community teams to facilitate safe early discharges from the inpatient unit, actively engaging with the relevant community teams, providing clinical leadership for the MDT on the ward, leading ward and management rounds and undertaking relevant reviews of inpatients, supporting the bed management processes and maintaining high quality care for the patients on the ward.

Gardner ward has a full multi-disciplinary team. In addition to the inpatient consultant psychiatrist the medical team consists of:

• 0.8 WTE higher trainee doctor (0.2 working in the community team)
• 1 WTE core trainee
• 1 WTE Foundation Year 2 trainee

The ward has an average of 15 admissions per month. There is management support from the Associate Clinical Director (Dr Victoria Cohen), who reports to the Clinical Director (Dr Olivier Andlauer).

Interview date (AAC panel) : TBC

Main duties of the job

This is a full-time post. The post-holder will provide consultant leadership, supervision, and support to the inpatient team. They will work with the ward manager and modern matron to deliver high quality inpatient treatment to the population of female adults living in West Hackney and who require inpatient admission.

They will contribute to the overall management and service development of Gardner Ward. The post-holder will coordinate leave and cover arrangements for the patients they have RC responsibility for, with the other inpatient consultants, and occasionally with community consultant psychiatrists. We are keen to develop clinical and medical leadership.

The post-holder will:

• Contribute as a senior member of staff to service development within Gardner Ward
• Offer consultations, assessments & appropriate treatments to people living in City & Hackney and requiring a hospital admission.
• Develop close links with other Acute Wards and Community teams, including Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams.
• Work with service users to develop service user input to service delivery and development.
• Supervise and coordinate the work of colleagues, notably resident doctors.
• Ensure clinical audit of the service and the implementation of appropriate assessment tools and outcome measures as an integrated part of the service and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

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

363-MRCH7268401

Job locations

City & Hackney

City & Hackney Management Offices, 1st Floor Brooksby House, Homerton Hospital, Homerton Row,

London

E9 6SR

Job description Job responsibilities

For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.

Job description Job responsibilities

For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification Education Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent
• Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act) and eligible to be temporarily (whilst acting-up) on the register of Approved Clinicians (MHA, 2007).

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych

Skills Essential

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Ability and commitment to work with service users in service development and delivery
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to manage time effectively
• Leadership skills
• Ability to contribute to service planning, development, and management

Desirable

• Formal leadership/management training

Knowledge Essential

• Excellent knowledge of operation of acute adult mental health service.
• An understanding of relevant Government guidelines, targets and legislation

Clinical Experience Essential

• Excellent experience of operation of acute adult mental health service
• Assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health and psychological disorders with evidence-based interventions

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service - including good experience of work in acute mental health services, and/or experience of working in Early Intervention in Psychosis service
• Experience of contributing and/or leading on service planning, development and management

Teaching Essential

• Ability to deliver teaching to graduates and undergraduates in medical and non-medical disciplines
• Excellent presentation skills

Desirable

• Formal training in teaching methods

Research Essential

• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement initiatives
• Research interest

Desirable

• Research or audit published in peer-reviewed journals

Other Essential

• An understanding and experience of working with service users from a socially deprived, multi-ethnic area
• Adequate health to fulfil the responsibilities of the post
• Able to travel between sites

Desirable

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

Person Specification Education Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent
• Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act) and eligible to be temporarily (whilst acting-up) on the register of Approved Clinicians (MHA, 2007).

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych

Skills Essential

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Ability and commitment to work with service users in service development and delivery
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to manage time effectively
• Leadership skills
• Ability to contribute to service planning, development, and management

Desirable

• Formal leadership/management training

Knowledge Essential

• Excellent knowledge of operation of acute adult mental health service.
• An understanding of relevant Government guidelines, targets and legislation

Clinical Experience Essential

• Excellent experience of operation of acute adult mental health service
• Assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health and psychological disorders with evidence-based interventions

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service - including good experience of work in acute mental health services, and/or experience of working in Early Intervention in Psychosis service
• Experience of contributing and/or leading on service planning, development and management

Teaching Essential

• Ability to deliver teaching to graduates and undergraduates in medical and non-medical disciplines
• Excellent presentation skills

Desirable

• Formal training in teaching methods

Research Essential

• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement initiatives
• Research interest

Desirable

• Research or audit published in peer-reviewed journals

Other Essential

• An understanding and experience of working with service users from a socially deprived, multi-ethnic area
• Adequate health to fulfil the responsibilities of the post
• Able to travel between sites

Desirable

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

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

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

City & Hackney

City & Hackney Management Offices, 1st Floor Brooksby House, Homerton Hospital, Homerton Row,

London

E9 6SR

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

City & Hackney

City & Hackney Management Offices, 1st Floor Brooksby House, Homerton Hospital, Homerton Row,

London

E9 6SR

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)