Consultant Psychiatrist Adult Psychiatry – Ward and Locality TeaminEnfieldinEnfieldPUBLISHED WED 12 MAR 2025
Our female-only psychiatric ward provides tailored care for patients aged 18 and above, and your expertise will help us support individuals facing acute mental health crises, including complex diagnoses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team, supervise psychiatry trainees, and collaborate closely with fellow professionals to foster a nurturing atmosphere. Plus, with an enticing £20,000 Recruitment and Retention Premia and a generous relocation package of up to £8,000, now is the perfect time to take the next step in your career. Apply today and help us transform lives in North Central London!
There is an exciting opportunity within the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) for a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Enfield Acute Adult Services based in Enfield. The role is a split post between one of the acute wards (Suffolk ward or Sussex ward) and one of the Locality Teams (North or South). These services care for working age adult patients with regards to assessment and treatment. Please refer to the updated Job Description for this full time (10PA) post and the Person Specifications within it.We welcome applicants who would like to work part-time as well. This post has been submitted for approval to the Royal College of Psychiatrists and this is awaited at present. A generous Recruitment and Retention Premia of £20,000 is applicable to this post (conditions apply) linked to the in-patient role of this job. A relocation package of up to £8000 is also available for this post.Interviews will take place 2-4 weeks after the applications have closed.
These posts are available as full-time posts and would offer 10 Programmed Activities per week - 7.5 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and up to 2.5 PAs for supporting professional activity (SPA). The post holder will be required to provide clinical and professional leadership and to take part in related management activities. As a senior clinician, the post holder will have an integral role in the performance of the team(s), further development of the service(s), and the development of clinical pathways and priorities.
The post-holder will supervise two psychiatry trainees - ST4-6 and CT1-3 trainees once they have taken up the substantive role from the next trainee rotation. Prior to a trainee doctor being allocated, there will be locum agency or trust appointed doctors in these 2 posts to ensure safe service provision and continuity of care.
About us
The post-holder will act as clinical lead for the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), working in close collaboration with the ward manager and other senior clinicians in the team.
The ward is a female only psychiatric ward for patients aged 18 years and above. It serves all of North Central London so whilst patients will be primarily from Enfield, some will be from Barnet or Haringey and on occasion from Camden or Islington. The ward provides assessment and treatment for patients that present in the acute phase of a mental illness. Acute presentations cover the whole spectrum of diagnoses, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar affective disorder, depressive and anxiety disorder and severe personality disorders. These are often complicated by physical comorbidities and substance misuse. Some patients may have treatment resistant psychosis including severe negative symptoms and often require prescription of complex medication regimes or ECT which is currently available at Chase Farm Hospital
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