Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 5 sessions per week
- Job ref
- NLPSS TO ADD
- Employer
- North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North London Forensic Services
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per annum and RRP £5000
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/10/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Consultant Psychiatrist - Forensic Psychiatry
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
This post is for Consultant Psychiatrist within the North London Forensic Service, North London NHS Foundation Trust to provide consultant leadership to the male medium secure rehabilitation ward (the ward caseload is split in half with the existing substantive experienced Consultant Forensic Psychiatrists in post). The post is an existing position.
Main duties of the job
For more details on the Consultant Psychiatrist - Forensic Psychiatry at North London Forensic Services - Chase Farm Hospital, The Ridgeway, Enfield, EN2 8JL please see attached JD / Person Spec
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
Duties on Tamarind ward will include the medical management of up to 9 male inpatients (18 patients in total); chairing ward round and CPAs for these patients; preparing reports for the courts, managers’ hearings, tribunals and the Ministry of Justice, giving evidence at tribunals and managers’ hearings; managing medication regimes and assessing capacity to consent to treatment; liaising with SOADs; supervising the ward’s core trainee in their management of the patients; undertaking seclusion reviews; liaising with other services including high and low secure units, prisons, physical health providers and the Ministry of Justice about the patient’s care.
Additionally, the post holder will be expected to undertake assessments of patients referred to the North London Forensic Service for risk assessment and consideration of admission to secure services. These referrals come from a variety of settings including prisons, high security, PICU, general adult wards and community teams, with the referrals being shared equitably between NLFS consultants.
The post holder will also be expected to join the NLFS consultant group in assessing new external referrals to the service, averaging 9 per year for full time job plans.
The post holder will be expected to support the Trust’s Clinical Governance Framework for monitoring and improving standards of care through taking part in activities for improving quality and safety, assisting with NHS PSIRF process, identifying and managing risks within the service, as well as maintaining his or her own continuing professional development.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- Additional clinical qualification
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start date
- included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Section 12 Approved or able to achieve within three months of appointment
Desirable criteria
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Transport
Essential criteria
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using biopsycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable criteria
- Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Academic Skills and lifelong learning
Essential criteria
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Ability to work in and lead team
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement.
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
Desirable criteria
- Reflect on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change
Information Technology Experience & Skills
Essential criteria
- Basic computer skills, including ability to use e-mail and Internet
Desirable criteria
- Experience in data gathering and management
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 Carolyn Stanley
- Job title
- Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 87026360
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