• Job Description

  Req#: C9363-26-0209?language=en&page=542&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are seeking a Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist to join the Community Recovery Team South in Newham. This is a rare opportunity to work in an integrated inpatient and community service. The Community Recovery Team serves adults with serious mental illness residing in the South of the borough. It is a well-established service which seamless and integrated mental health care between inpatients and the community.

  The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be enrolled on the Trusts highly regarded Improvement Science in Action training and will be encouraged to contribute to our unique Quality Improvement programme.

  Main duties of the job

  The post-holder will have overall clinical responsibility for service users on their caseload in their CRT sub-team and sector inpatients. They will lead on the delivery of high quality care in all settings; ensure policies and procedures are followed; develop close working links with GP colleagues in order to provide integrated holistic care; and develop close working links with the acute locality treatment wards ensuring the right care is provided in the right setting.

  About us

  Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations

  Details

  Date posted

  27 February 2026

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Consultant

  Salary

  £109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  363-MRNEW7813139

  Job locations

  Newham Centre for Mental Health

  Cherry Tree Way, GlenRoad

  Plaistow, London

  E13 8SP

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further information.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further information.

  Person Specification

  QUALIFICATIONS

  Essential

  • Fully registered with the General Medical Council
  • On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT
  • Higher training in approved training posts for minimum of 3 years and / or previous consultant training.
  • Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
  • Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983 and Approved Clinician status

  KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

  Essential

  • Experience of clinical work in General Adult Psychiatry at ST4-6 or Consultant level within the last 3 years
  • Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
  • Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
  • Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
  • Experience of working on an inpatient ward

  Desirable

  • Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
  • Knowledge & experience of recovery-informed service delivery and working with patients as experts by experience
  • Inpatient experience at consultant level

  ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS/ ABILITIES

  Essential

  • Leadership skills
  • Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
  • Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
  • Consultation/liaison skills to services, teams and individuals
  • Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
  • Commitment to working with service users on service development
  • Project management ability

  Desirable

  • Formal leadership and management training
  • Experience of team /service leadership
  • Experience of organisational development work
  • Experience of providing reflective practice to the teams
  • Experience of consultations to the teams and individuals

  CLINICAL SKILLS

  Essential

  • Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
  • Self-motivating and innovative
  • Expertise in risk assessment and evidence-based intervention after self-harm
  • Confident in therapeutic risk taking
  • Commitment to clinical governance

  Desirable

  • Training in a psychological therapy

  TEACHING AND SUPERVISION

  Essential

  • Experience in teaching junior staff
  • Good teaching and communication skills
  • Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
  • Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals

  Desirable

  • Medical education qualification

  RESEARCH AND AUDIT

  Essential

  • Experience of research work, especially in general hospital patients and / or patients with medically unexplained symptoms
  • Audit experience

  Desirable

  • Experience of grant-funded project work
  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields

  OTHER REQUIREMENTS

  Essential

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to get on with colleagues

  Desirable

  • Media training

  Person Specification

  QUALIFICATIONS

  Essential

  • Fully registered with the General Medical Council
  • On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT
  • Higher training in approved training posts for minimum of 3 years and / or previous consultant training.
  • Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
  • Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983 and Approved Clinician status

  KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

  Essential

  • Experience of clinical work in General Adult Psychiatry at ST4-6 or Consultant level within the last 3 years
  • Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
  • Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
  • Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
  • Experience of working on an inpatient ward

  Desirable

  • Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
  • Knowledge & experience of recovery-informed service delivery and working with patients as experts by experience
  • Inpatient experience at consultant level

  ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS/ ABILITIES

  Essential

  • Leadership skills
  • Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
  • Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
  • Consultation/liaison skills to services, teams and individuals
  • Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
  • Commitment to working with service users on service development
  • Project management ability

  Desirable

  • Formal leadership and management training
  • Experience of team /service leadership
  • Experience of organisational development work
  • Experience of providing reflective practice to the teams
  • Experience of consultations to the teams and individuals

  CLINICAL SKILLS

  Essential

  • Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
  • Self-motivating and innovative
  • Expertise in risk assessment and evidence-based intervention after self-harm
  • Confident in therapeutic risk taking
  • Commitment to clinical governance

  Desirable

  • Training in a psychological therapy

  TEACHING AND SUPERVISION

  Essential

  • Experience in teaching junior staff
  • Good teaching and communication skills
  • Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
  • Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals

  Desirable

  • Medical education qualification

  RESEARCH AND AUDIT

  Essential

  • Experience of research work, especially in general hospital patients and / or patients with medically unexplained symptoms
  • Audit experience

  Desirable

  • Experience of grant-funded project work
  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields

  OTHER REQUIREMENTS

  Essential

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to get on with colleagues

  Desirable

  • Media training

  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).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Newham Centre for Mental Health

  Cherry Tree Way, GlenRoad

  Plaistow, London

  E13 8SP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Newham Centre for Mental Health

  Cherry Tree Way, GlenRoad

  Plaistow, London

  E13 8SP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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