General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

NHS; Ilford; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist for its Redbridge Home Treatment Team who will provide clinical leadership and care for patients in mental health crises. The ideal candidate will have full GMC registration and experience in mental health. This full-time, permanent position offers a salary range of £109,725 to £145,478, with flexible arrangements available, including job share and remote working options.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration is mandatory.
• CCT or equivalent must be obtained.
• Experience in a mental health context required.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to the multidisciplinary team.
• Work directly with adult patients experiencing mental health crises.
• Develop links across the mental health pathway.

Skills

Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Approved Clinician status

International medical graduate experience

Education

CCT or equivalent

Job description

Go back NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist – Redbridge Home Treatment Team

The closing date is 25 February 2026

JOB TITLE: General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist - Redbridge Home Treatment Team

Substantive contract

Flexible working available - including job share, part-time, remote sessions considered

Main duties of the job

This post is for a Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist in Redbridge Home Treatment Team (BD HTT), based at Tantallon House, Goodmayes Hospital and working into the Redbridge borough of London to provide home treatment for mental health patients in crisis.

The role combines clinical leadership, direct patient care and collaboration across the care pathway for mental health patients experiencing a crisis in their mental health.

In the course of your work, you will help shape service development, support staff and champion the Trust values of kindness, respect, and partnership with communities.

About us

This is one of two full-time posts for a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist in a well-established Home Treatment service with an excellent, stable and well-resourced multidisciplinary team.

This is a full-time substantive post, and we would consider flexible working, job share or fixed term if preferred. It is a post with 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). There are opportunities to add additional PAs for a special interest e.g. research, medical education, leadership roles etc.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be committed to establishing a culture of care and collaborative working in the team. You will be expected to provide clinical leadership and supervision to the multidisciplinary team, work directly with adult patients in mental health crisis in the community, and their families, and liaise as appropriate with inpatient and community consultant psychiatrists and other health and social care partners. You will develop links across the whole mental health pathway including primary care networks in Redbridge to continually improve our services.

Redbridge Home Treatment Team (R HTT) is one of four general adult HTTs in NELFT. The aim of the service is to provide a community based alternative to hospital admission for people experiencing a mental health crisis, and to facilitate the early discharge of psychiatric inpatients. The service provides a rapid response, intensive home-based mental health service to working age adults and together with our Integrated Crisis Assessment Hub provides a Mental Health crisis function over 24 hours, 7 days per week.

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.

Address

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum pro rota

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

395-MED257-25

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