Specialty Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry

North London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Specialty Doctor to join the Haringey Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team based at St Ann's Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a well-established multidisciplinary team providing assessment, treatment and intensive support for adults experiencing acute mental health crises. The successful applicant will gain broad experience in general adult psychiatry, including risk assessment, formulation, physical health monitoring, crisis intervention and collaborative working with a range of community and inpatient services.

Main duties of the job

The post includes protected Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) time, weekly clinical supervision, access to a Trust-wide academic programme, quality improvement opportunities and support for continuing professional development and career progression, including Portfolio Pathway development.

Applicants must hold full GMC registration with a licence to practise and have at least two years' medical experience and two years' psychiatry experience.

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.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme.
• Excellent internal staff network.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Experience

• Essential: Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a licence to practise from the GMC.
• 2 years of medical experience plus 2 years of psychiatry experience.
• Desirable: Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists UK or equivalent; Additional degree or equivalent.

Experience

• Essential: Previous medical or psychiatric experience in foundation training or equivalent; 2 years of medical experience plus 2 years of psychiatry experience.

Skills

• Essential: Excellent communication skills, verbal, non-verbal and written; Excellent skills in assessing physical health and undertaking physical examination and blood tests; Assessing and prioritising patient needs; Excellent IT skills for timely record keeping on electronic records; Willing to take instructions and work flexibly.
• Desirable: Experience of working in a multi-cultural society.

IT Experience & Skills

• Essential: Basic computer skills, including ability to use e-mail and Internet; Experience in data gathering and management.

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.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.