Consultant Liaison & Renal Psychiatrist

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This post is a full-time 1.0 wte substantive consultant post within the Adult Mental Health Liaison Psychiatry service based at The Royal London Hospital (RLH). The post holder will work between the main adult liaison team and provide input to the renal services at the Royal London and across services sites within North East London. 5 PA’s will be working within the established liaison team, and 5 PA’s will be for work within the Renal arm for the service. There may be opportunities to contribute to clinical cover at the Bart’s site.

Main duties of the job

The 1.0 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) job plan will be developed to meet the needs of the service and is envisaged to include 7.5 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 2.5 PAs for supporting programmed activities (SPA). The main duties of the post consist of providing consultant input to the Adults Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT), to the wards, and to the Renal department as described above. This would include assessing patients, devising management plans and providing clinical leadership. The post holder will also provide cross-cover to the other Consultants in the team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent
  • GMC registration
  • Eligible to be on the register of Approved Clinicians (MHA, 2007) or on the register
  • Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months of gaining CCT).

Desirable

  • relevant Higher degree

Knowledge and Experience:

Essential

  • Experience: Good experience of working in adult psychiatry services and especially in the care and assessment of complex co-morbidity in a liaison psychiatry setting.
  • Good experience of the Mental Health Act.
  • Comprehensive risk assessment and management in the community and inpatient setting.
  • Excellent Clinical Leadership skills.
  • Experience of leading projects to improve quality of care

Desirable

  • Dual CCT in General Adult/liaison psychiatry
  • Understanding of continuous improvement methodology (Quality Improvement).
  • Experience of working with psychotherapy models of care.
  • Specific experience and knowledge of psycho- pharmacology in adults.

Personal Skills:

Essential

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to train and supervise junior medical staff / medical students / staff from other disciplines.
  • Commitment to/skills in multidisciplinary working.
  • Cultural sensitivity, ability to work with a diverse population.
  • Commitment to continuing professional development.
  • Commitment to engagement in clinical governance.

Desirable

  • Management, performance and leadership courses.

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: 7 August 2026

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