Locum Consultant - Newham Early Intervention Service

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

Job summary

A prominent healthcare service in the Greater London area is seeking a Locum Consultant for the Newham Early Intervention Service. This position involves leading assessments and managing service users while providing clinical leadership and supervision. The successful candidate will engage in training, contribute to service development, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams. Excellent opportunities for professional development and a commitment to improving mental health services are essential. Salary ranges from £109,725 to £145,478 per annum, pro-rata.

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the General Medical Council.
• On the GMC Specialist Register or eligible within 6 months.
• Experience in teaching junior staff and medical undergraduates.

Responsibilities

• Deliver consultant led assessment and management of service users.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision of specialty doctors.
• Train and consult colleagues on practices.

Skills

Clinical work in General Adult Psychiatry

Excellent working knowledge of the Mental Health Act

Culturally sensitive practices

Leadership and management

Teaching communication skills

Education

Fully registered with the General Medical Council

Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Higher training in approved posts for minimum of 3 years

Job description

Locum Consultant - Newham Early Intervention Service

This is an opportunity to join the Newham Early Intervention Service, part of the Adult Mental Health Directorate on a fixed-term basis until end of September 2026 - up to 11 months depending on start date. The post has become available due to the substantive post-holder temporarily reducing their hours. The post holder will job share with the substantive consultant, preferably working Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to deliver:

• Consultant led assessment and management of service users within the Early Intervention Service.
• Highly effective clinical leadership.
• Advice and consultation to colleagues.
• Training and education.
• Supervision of specialty doctors.

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

Job responsibilities

Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the General Medical Council
• On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of eligibility to apply.
• Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983 and Approved Clinician status , or eligible to apply once in post
• Higher training in approved training posts for minimum of 3 years and / or previous consultant training.
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
• Endorsement in old age psychiatry

Knowledge

• Experience of clinical work in General Adult Psychiatry at ST4-6 or Consultant level within the last 3 years
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
• Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
• Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
• Experience of working in liaison psychiatry
• Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS/ ABILITIES

• Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
• Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
• Consultation/liaison skills to services, teams and individuals
• Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
• Commitment to working with service users on service development
• Project management ability
• Formal leadership and management training
• Experience of team /service leadership
• Experience of organisational development work
• Experience of providing reflective practice to the teams
• Experience of consultations to the teams and individuals

Clinical skills

• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
• Self-motivating and innovative
• Expertise in risk assessment and evidence-based intervention after self-harm
• Confident in therapeutic risk taking
• Commitment to clinical governance
• Training in a psychological therapy

Teaching

• Experience in teaching junior staff
• Good teaching and communication skills
• Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
• Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals

Research and audit

• Experience of research work, especially in general hospital patients and / or patients with medically unexplained symptoms
• Experience of grant-funded project work
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields

Other

• Ability to get on with colleagues
• Media training

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.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum, pro-rata