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COMMUNITY OLD AGE CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST

Employer
North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Dagenham, Essex
Salary
£93,666 to £126,281 per annum
Closing date
14 Mar 2024
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

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


Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Broad Street Centre

Morland Road

Dagenham, Essex

RM10 9HU

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395-MED319-24

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