Consultant Psychiatrist Ivory Triage Ward

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is an opportunity to join Ivory Triage Ward, a highly performing female general adult mental health triage ward. The consultant psychiatrist is the clinical lead for a highly motivated team working in a busy and demanding environment.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to deliver:

  • Consultant led assessment and management of service users admitted to Ivory Triage Ward.
  • Effective clinical leadership.
  • Advice and consultation to colleagues.
  • Training and education.
  • Effective supervision.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Fully registered with the General Medical Council
  • On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of eligibility to apply.
  • Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983 and Approved Clinician status , or eligible to apply once in post

Desirable

  • 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 (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
  • CCT in general adult psychiatry.

Knowledge

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 in liaison psychiatry

Desirable

  • Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
  • 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

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

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).

Closing Date: 31 July 2026

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