General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; Ilford; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Ilford is seeking a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Redbridge Home Treatment Team. This role involves providing clinical leadership and direct care for mental health patients in crisis while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Flexibility in working arrangements is available, including part-time and remote options. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience and a commitment to patient-centered care, enhancing community mental health services. The role also includes on-call responsibilities and opportunities for further professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified psychiatrist with relevant licenses.
• Experience in community mental health services preferred.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to the multidisciplinary team.
• Work directly with adult patients in mental health crisis in the community.
• Liaise with inpatient and community consultant psychiatrists.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Crisis intervention

Collaboration with healthcare partners

Education

Relevant medical degree

Registered psychiatrist

Job description

Overview

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

CONTRACT: 10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs). Substantive contract. Flexible working available – including job share, part-time, remote sessions considered. BASE: Tantallon House, Goodmayes Hospital, Barley Lane, Ilford, IG3 8XJ.

On-call responsibilities: The postholder participates in the Senior Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours for Adult Mental Health Services in NELFT. This is currently a 1:40 rota with a 3% Category A salary supplement. There is also a Daytime (9am-5pm) Section 136 rota (approximate frequency of 1 day every 3 months), including all Section 12 approved doctors in NELFT. The on-call Sec 136 doctor is expected to take a lead on Mental Health Act assessments in the Section 136 suite on the Goodmayes site.

The job description is pending royal college approval. 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. You will help shape service development, support staff and champion the Trust values of kindness, respect, and partnership with communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to the multidisciplinary team.
• Work directly with adult patients in mental health crisis in the community, and their families.
• Liaise with inpatient and community consultant psychiatrists and other health and social care partners.
• Develop links across the whole mental health pathway including primary care networks in Redbridge to continually improve services.

Team and Service Context

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.

Role Structure and Flexibility

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 PAs with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact (DCC) activities 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.

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 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.

This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Feb 2026.