About this role
Job summary This is a full-time post for a Community Adult Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Havering Mental Wellness Team North Central (MHWT-N), based at 137 145 Church Road, Harold Wood RM3 0SH
The role combines clinical leadership, direct patient care and collaboration across the care pathway for mental health patients. 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.
Main duties of the job The post holder will be a Consultant Psychiatrist 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 team, work directly with adult patients and their families and liaise as appropriate with inpatient, crisis and other community consultant psychiatrists. You will also develop links across the whole mental health pathway and primary care networks in Havering to continually improve services for our communities
About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Job description Job responsibilities
Community Adult Consultant Psychiatrist
Havering Mental Health and Wellness Team (MHWT) North Central
10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs)
Salary £109, 725 - £145,478
Post and Specialty: This is a full-time post for a Community Adult Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Havering Mental Wellness Team North Central (MHWT-N), based at 137 – 145 Church Road, Harold Wood RM3 0SH
The role combines clinical leadership, direct patient care and collaboration across the care pathway for mental health patients. 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.
It 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).
Rationale for post: This is a relatively new post created following the transformation of adult community mental health services to create a single mental health team for the neighbourhood. It is currently occupied by a locum consultant.
On-call responsibilities: The postholder will be part of the Senior Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours for Mental Health Services in NELFT. The on-call covers Adult and Older Adult services. This is currently a 1:40 rota with a 3% Category A salary supplement. The Trust also has a Daytime (9am-5pm) Section 136 rota with an approximate frequency of 1 day every 3 months, with all Section 12 approved doctors expected to take a lead on emergency Mental Health Act assessments in the Section 136 suite on the Goodmayes site.
Accountability: The postholder will be professionally accountable to the Chief Medical Officer via the Associate Medical Director for Havering and operationally accountable to both the Associate Medical Director (Dr Olumide Adeotoye) and the Integrated Care Director (Irvine Muronzi) and ultimately the Chief Executive Officer (Paul Calaminus).
1.2 Main responsibilities The post holder will be a Consultant Psychiatrist 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 team, work directly with adult patients and their families and liaise as appropriate with inpatient, crisis and other community consultant psychiatrists. You will also develop links across the whole mental health pathway and primary care networks in Havering to continually improve services for our communities.
The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing care to adults with mental health needs who are registered with a GP Practice located in the northern part of the London Borough of Havering (plus a small number of patients who reside in that part of the borough but whose GP is elsewhere). This roughly equates to residents approximately half the Electoral Wards as indicated on the borough map in Section 3.1 below – following a reorganisation the names of whicach are to be determined. Supervision responsibilities for the Specialty Doctor and the Core Trainee will be divided between the two Consultants in the Team.
The Medical staffing in the team consists of: • 3 whole time equivalent (wte) Consultants • 1 wte SAS Doctor • 1 or 2 wte Core/GP Trainee
We receive Year 4 medical students on clinical placement from Barts & The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) as well as Physician Associate students from QMUL and Anglia Ruskin University. There are opportunities for Consultants to take an active role in teaching in terms of clinical curriculum delivery as well as delivering lectures and acting as examiners in the Clinical Examinations at QMUL.
General Duties • Organise and prioritise own and team workload in line with Trust protocols. • Ensure effective clinical and team-level risk management. Training & Supervision • Provide clinical supervision and education to team doctors, promoting high standards of care. • Maintain personal professional development and support a culture of lifelong learning. • Undertake regular appraisal and maintain a personal development plan. • Facilitate integration of new staff and support team-wide training initiatives. Education • Deliver in-service teaching to medical students, trainees, and multidisciplinary team members. Administratio • Complete all patient-related administrative tasks accurately and promptly. • Use the Trust’s electronic case record system effectively. Management • Collaborate with the team manager and senior colleagues to ensure safe, high-quality care through clinical governance. • Act as line manager for resident doctors. Leadership • Contribute to service development, business planning, and clinical leadership within the service and directorate. • Demonstrate leadership to foster effective teamwork and positive relationships across the Trust. • Promote integrated care and a supportive team culture. • Participate in Trust-wide mental health strategy and advocate for co-production in service development. • Share knowledge and best practice based on current research and evidence.
Communication
Communicate effectively with colleagues, senior managers, and clinical leads. Convey complex patient information clearly to support collaborative decision-making.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Inclusion in/eligibility for the Specialist Register for Psychiatry (or within 6 months of CCT). Approved Clinician status/ eligibility
Experience Essential
Comprehensive understanding of biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders.
A range of evidence-based treatment approaches.
Awareness of NHS and NELFT strategic priorities and clinical governance.
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.
Employer details Employer name NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address 137 – 145 Church Road
Harold Wood
Harold Wood
Harold Wood
RM3 0SH
Employer's website https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)