Job summary
- Main area
- general psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Core Trainee (CT1/2)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (FTC - For AUG 2026 Rotation)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 455-NLFT-0620-B
- Employer
- North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Dennis Scott Unit
- Town
- Middlesex
- Salary
- £54,499 Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per year
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
LAS Doctor (CT1-CT2) - Acute Adult Inpatients (Dennis Scott)
NHS Medical & Dental: Core Trainee (CT1/2)
Job overview
These posts are for a CT LAS doctor for our inpatient wards across North London NHS Foundation Trust.
These posts cover CT and resident doctor gaps on our inpatient wards where a core trainee doctor has not been placed.
Posts
1. Shannon ward – Edgware Community Hospital
2. Thames ward – Edgware Community Hospital
3. Trent ward – Edgware Community Hospital
4. Daisy ward – St Ann’s Hospital
5. Sunflower ward – St Ann’s Hospital
6. Topaz and Opal (Highgate West) at Highgate Mental Health Centre
Main duties of the job
- Providing a good standard of practice and care
- Decisions about access to care
- Treatment in emergencies
- Maintaining good medical practice
- Maintaining performance
Working for our organisation
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on the LAS Doctor (CT1-CT2) - Acute Adult Inpatients (Dennis Scott) role please read the attached JD and Person Spec
Person specification
Qualifications & Experience
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a licence to practise from the GMC by the intended start date
Desirable criteria
- A minimum of 3 months experience in psychiatry (its equivalent gained on a part time basis) or equivalent experience and competencies in psychiatric specialties
- Other postgraduate qualification of relevance
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous medical or psychiatric experience in foundation training or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Experience in adult acute inpatient psychiatry including clinical attachment in psychiatry in UK.
- Experience working in the NHS.
- Previous evidence of an interest in psychiatry
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, nonverbal and written
- Excellent skills in assessing physical health and undertake physical examination and blood tests
- Assessing and prioritising patient needs
- Excellent IT skills for timely record keeping on electronic records
- Willing to take instructions and work flexibly
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural society
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Stefania Bonaccorso
- Job title
- Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8952 2381
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