Consultant Psychiatrist - Older Adults Home Treatment Team (Enfield)

Job summary
The North London NHS Foundation Trust seeks to appoint an enthusiastic, part-time old age consultant psychiatrist to the Enfield Older Adult Services, working in the newly established older people's home treatment team covering the northern boroughs of the Trust (Barnet, Enfield and Haringey). This is an exciting opportunity to develop a new service from scratch and the opportunity has come about as a result of the organisation's older adult community transformation work.

Main duties of the job
General Expectations of a Consultant Psychiatrist employed with North London NHS Foundation Trust include

• To work within the MDT promoting respect for all professional groups and focusing upon coherent and integrated teamwork.
• To be Section 12(2) approved and have approved clinician status and participate in the Trust-wide Section 12 daytime rota.
• To provide second opinions for consultant colleagues if requested.
• To keep up with administration and note-keeping on the electronic patient record system in a timely manner, including letters to GPs, Dialog+ and risk assessments.
• To assist with Serious Incident investigations and complaints if requested.
• To keep up to date with mandatory training.
• To attend and participate in Consultants' and Management meetings to keep informed of service issues and developments.
• Other management/clinical supporting activity (to be negotiated as required by the Trust.)

About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Details
Date posted: 18 September 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year
Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per year (pro-rata)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 455-NLFT-0950-B
Job locations: Warwick Centre, Chase Farm Hospital, 127 Ridgeway, Enfield, EN2 8JL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Clinical duties of post holder:The post holder will be expected to provide clinical leadership for the older adults home treatment team. The post-holder will be expected: To manage patients old age patients with a variety of diagnoses including psychotic and non-psychotic illness who are presenting in crisis. To provide clinical leadership for the team, having oversight of the caseload and directing clinical assessments and consultations for patients. Medical input and leadership in daily MDT referral/allocation/team meetings. To conduct assessments, provide psychologically informed formulations and undertake risk assessments. To formulate treatment plans and oversee implementation and evaluation of these treatment plans. To contribute to management of patient flow with a view to manage bed capacity effectively and facilitate prompt discharge of clinically ready for discharge acute psychiatric inpatients. To comply with all legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g. Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, safeguarding procedures. To complete relevant paperwork, including maintaining the electronic record and participating in routine outcome monitoring of clinical work. To teach and supervise medical staff and other professionals in all aspects of psychiatric care. To participate in the trust-wide day-time consultant psychiatrist second on-call Rota for Health Based Place of Safety situated at Chase Farm Hospital (1:32) and the trust wide on call rota. To participate in stakeholder meetings and other duties, as negotiated, that contribute to the good functioning of the clinical team. To provide clinical and professional leadership within the post and take part in management activities and governance processes related to the post or the wider service within which it is embedded. As a senior clinician, to have an integral role in the performance of the team, further development of the service, and the development of the clinical pathways and priorities of the service.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MB BS or equivalent qualification

Desirable

• Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Additional clinical qualification

Eligibility
Essential

• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start date
• Included on the GMC LD Specialist Register OR within six months
• Approved clinician
• Section 12 Approval

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using biopsycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills and lifelong learning
Essential

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead team
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.

Desirable

• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Reflect on purpose of CPD undertaken
• Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, and audit

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: North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Warwick Centre, Chase Farm Hospital, 127 Ridgeway, Enfield, EN2 8JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Director
Dr Lucinda Donaldson
[email protected]
02083752999

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