COMMUNITY OLD AGE CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

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Job summary

COMMUNITY OLD AGE CONSULTANT

PSYCHIATRIST - NORTH LOCALITY (DAGENHAM, ESSEX)

Job Details:

Salary

£93,666 - £126,281 per annum

Contract

Substantive

Hours

Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 7.5:2.5)

On call

Frequency 1:50; Category A - 3% on call supplement

Location

Broad Street Centre, Morland Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM10 9HU

Qualifications needed:

Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
CCT or equivalent
Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Main duties of the job

To be successful in your application, you will need:

To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT's values,
To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Older Adult mental health care,
Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,
To be a team player

NELFT Benefits:

Relocation expenses
Career Development and training
Just & Compassionate Culture
Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
Employee Assistance Programme
Health & Wellness initiatives
11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
Retail Discounts
Flexible working and agile working
Cycle to work scheme

We reserve the right to close the post early if we receive a high number of applications.

About us

Why NELFT?

NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.

With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.

We are currently recruiting to an Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Older Adults Mental Health Team and Memory Service, based at Broad Street Centre, Morland Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM10 9HU.

The post holder will be the sole Consultant for patients in the North locality but there are another 1.9 Whole-Time-Equivalent Old Age Consultant Psychiatrists working across the other two localities (East and West). There is also a 0.8wte Speciality Doctor working in the North locality, and a 0.8wte Specialty Doctor in the West locality.

Why Barking & Dagenham?

Barking & Dagenham has extremely good transport links to central London and eastwards to Essex and Kent

Date posted

19 January 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£93,666 to £126,281 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

395-MED319-24

Job locations

Broad Street Centre

Morland Road

Dagenham, Essex

RM10 9HU

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be expected to:

Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to older adult people with mental health needs, across Barking and Dagenham.
Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team
Work directly with older adults and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external older adult mental health providers and acute hospitals
Participate in the on-call rota frequency is currently 1:50, with a 3% of basic salary, Category A on-call supplement.
Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative
Work alongside other Older Adult Consultant Psychiatrists, and Specialty Doctors.
Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be expected to:

Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to older adult people with mental health needs, across Barking and Dagenham.
Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team
Work directly with older adults and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external older adult mental health providers and acute hospitals
Participate in the on-call rota frequency is currently 1:50, with a 3% of basic salary, Category A on-call supplement.
Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative
Work alongside other Older Adult Consultant Psychiatrists, and Specialty Doctors.
Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Qualifications

Essential

CCT or equivalent

Section 12

Essential

Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

Knowledge

Essential

Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

Specialist Register

Essential

Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Qualifications

Essential

CCT or equivalent

Section 12

Essential

Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

Knowledge

Essential

Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

Specialist Register

Essential

Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).