Job summary
- Main area
- general psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Option to extend 6 months if needed)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (FTC)
- Job ref
- 455-NLFT-0485
- Employer
- North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sussex ward, The Chase Building
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per year
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor - General Adult Psychiatry (Sussex Ward)
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
- Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
Job overview
There is an exciting opportunity within the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) for a full-time Specialty Doctor to join the Enfield Acute Adult Services based in Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield. The role is based on Sussex ward which is a 17-bedded female acute admission ward at Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield. The post is available on a 6 month fixed term contract basis (with an option to extend for a further 6 months following). We aim to be able to appoint to this post on a substantive basis in the very near future.
Main duties of the job
This is a fixed term post for 6 months (with the option to then further extend) which has become available due to service gap. An induction will be provided to your placement explaining roles and responsibilities as well as your workplace. A Trust induction will also be provided after starting in your allocated post.
The successful applicant will work within the team and provide medical input. The post will offer the opportunity to perform clinical assessments of individuals with mental health problems including mental state examination, history taking, physical health examination and attendance of meetings with the multidisciplinary team. Additional opportunities with regards to Mental Health Act Assessments, tribunal report writing and attendance as well as leading of MDT meetings/work.
The post holder will gain experience with the full spectrum of psychiatric morbidity. This post is based in a multidisciplinary setting and the post holder will work closely with all the members of the team (consultant, other doctor, physician associate, nurses, health care assistances, psychologists, social workers & graduate mental health workers). The care delivered is recovery-focused, placing emphasis on individuals’ strengths and goals for the future.
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
1. To join and document ward meetings, morning meetings, ward reviews and at times chair/lead these as well.
2. Perform clinical assessments of individuals with mental health problems admitted to the ward.
3. Develop knowledge of mental health, including formulation of care plans and provide support to more junior team members.
4. To perform physical health checks (bloods, ECGs and physical examinations) and liaise with general hospital/GP colleagues to maintain patient physical health.
5. Develop psychiatric interview and risk assessment skills.
6. To complete medical recommendations for detention under the Mental Health Act.
7. To prepare reports and present evidence at Tribunal hearings with appropriate supervision where necessary.
8. To be flexible and accessible in providing appropriate care to the patients.
9. To work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
10. To comply with the trust values, policies, and procedures.
11. To participate in quality improvement work (e.g. audit, service development, etc.).
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 2-3 years’ experience in psychiatry (its equivalent gained on a part time basis) or equivalent experience and competencies in psychiatric specialties
- Section 12 approval
- Other postgraduate qualification of relevance
Employment Status
Essential criteria
- Eligibility to work in the UK
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
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 Ekaterina Doukova
- Job title
- Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8375 2999
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