• Job Description

  Req#: C9363-25-0667?language=en&page=689&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The role includes providing the RC cover, focusing on consultant level assessment of any new admissions that have taken place, actively supporting an effective interface between the ward, HTT and the community teams to facilitate safe early discharges from the inpatient unit, actively engaging with the relevant community teams, providing clinical leadership for the MDT on the ward, leading ward and management rounds and undertaking relevant reviews of inpatients, supporting the bed management processes and maintaining high quality care for the patients on the ward.

  Gardner ward has a full multi-disciplinary team. In addition to the inpatient consultant psychiatrist the medical team consists of:

  • 0.8 WTE higher trainee doctor (0.2 working in the community team)
  • 1 WTE core trainee
  • 1 WTE Foundation Year 2 trainee

  The ward has an average of 15 admissions per month. There is management support from the Associate Clinical Director (Dr Victoria Cohen), who reports to the Clinical Director (Dr Olivier Andlauer).

  Interview date (AAC panel) : TBC

  Main duties of the job

  This is a full-time post. The post-holder will provide consultant leadership, supervision, and support to the inpatient team. They will work with the ward manager and modern matron to deliver high quality inpatient treatment to the population of female adults living in West Hackney and who require inpatient admission.

  They will contribute to the overall management and service development of Gardner Ward. The post-holder will coordinate leave and cover arrangements for the patients they have RC responsibility for, with the other inpatient consultants, and occasionally with community consultant psychiatrists. We are keen to develop clinical and medical leadership.

  The post-holder will:

  • Contribute as a senior member of staff to service development within Gardner Ward
  • Offer consultations, assessments & appropriate treatments to people living in City & Hackney and requiring a hospital admission.
  • Develop close links with other Acute Wards and Community teams, including Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams.
  • Work with service users to develop service user input to service delivery and development.
  • Supervise and coordinate the work of colleagues, notably resident doctors.
  • Ensure clinical audit of the service and the implementation of appropriate assessment tools and outcome measures as an integrated part of the service and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.

  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

  02 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Consultant

  Salary

  £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  363-MRCH7268401

  Job locations

  City & Hackney

  City & Hackney Management Offices, 1st Floor Brooksby House, Homerton Hospital, Homerton Row,

  London

  E9 6SR

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.

  Person Specification

  Education

  Essential

  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
  • Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent
  • Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act) and eligible to be temporarily (whilst acting-up) on the register of Approved Clinicians (MHA, 2007).

  Desirable

  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
  • MRCPsych

  Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
  • Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Ability and commitment to work with service users in service development and delivery
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to manage time effectively
  • Leadership skills
  • Ability to contribute to service planning, development, and management

  Desirable

  • Formal leadership/management training

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Excellent knowledge of operation of acute adult mental health service.
  • An understanding of relevant Government guidelines, targets and legislation

  Clinical Experience

  Essential

  • Excellent experience of operation of acute adult mental health service
  • Assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health and psychological disorders with evidence-based interventions

  Desirable

  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service - including good experience of work in acute mental health services, and/or experience of working in Early Intervention in Psychosis service
  • Experience of contributing and/or leading on service planning, development and management

  Teaching

  Essential

  • Ability to deliver teaching to graduates and undergraduates in medical and non-medical disciplines
  • Excellent presentation skills

  Desirable

  • Formal training in teaching methods

  Research

  Essential

  • Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement initiatives
  • Research interest

  Desirable

  • Research or audit published in peer-reviewed journals

  Other

  Essential

  • An understanding and experience of working with service users from a socially deprived, multi-ethnic area
  • Adequate health to fulfil the responsibilities of the post
  • Able to travel between sites

  Desirable

  • Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

  Person Specification

  Education

  Essential

  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
  • Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent
  • Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act) and eligible to be temporarily (whilst acting-up) on the register of Approved Clinicians (MHA, 2007).

  Desirable

  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
  • MRCPsych

  Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
  • Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Ability and commitment to work with service users in service development and delivery
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to manage time effectively
  • Leadership skills
  • Ability to contribute to service planning, development, and management

  Desirable

  • Formal leadership/management training

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Excellent knowledge of operation of acute adult mental health service.
  • An understanding of relevant Government guidelines, targets and legislation

  Clinical Experience

  Essential

  • Excellent experience of operation of acute adult mental health service
  • Assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health and psychological disorders with evidence-based interventions

  Desirable

  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service - including good experience of work in acute mental health services, and/or experience of working in Early Intervention in Psychosis service
  • Experience of contributing and/or leading on service planning, development and management

  Teaching

  Essential

  • Ability to deliver teaching to graduates and undergraduates in medical and non-medical disciplines
  • Excellent presentation skills

  Desirable

  • Formal training in teaching methods

  Research

  Essential

  • Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement initiatives
  • Research interest

  Desirable

  • Research or audit published in peer-reviewed journals

  Other

  Essential

  • An understanding and experience of working with service users from a socially deprived, multi-ethnic area
  • Adequate health to fulfil the responsibilities of the post
  • Able to travel between sites

  Desirable

  • Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

  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

  City & Hackney

  City & Hackney Management Offices, 1st Floor Brooksby House, Homerton Hospital, Homerton Row,

  London

  E9 6SR

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  City & Hackney

  City & Hackney Management Offices, 1st Floor Brooksby House, Homerton Hospital, Homerton Row,

  London

  E9 6SR

  
  

  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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