Job summary
- Main area
- General Adult Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Perm
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 455-NLFT-0278
- Employer
- North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chase Farm Hospital - Enfield Community Rehabilitation Team
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per year
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Specialty Doctor - General Adult Psychiatry
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Job overview
This is a Full Time (1 WTE) post for a Specialty Doctor to work in the Enfield Community Rehabilitation Team in the London Borough of Enfield. ECRT is a multidisciplinary team delivering a community rehabilitation service to patients with severe and enduring mental illness who are resident in 24-hour supported or residential accommodation. At present, there are approximately 98 of such homes in Enfield. The team works closely with Somerset Villa Rehabilitation Unit based at Chase Farm Hospital site, and the stepdown high and medium dependency unit run by Penrose, a social enterprise.
Main duties of the job
• Face to face clinical assessments for patients under the care of ECRT, usually as home visits.
• Medical input in weekly MDT meetings involving care planning/risk management.
• To take responsibility for the delivery of key performance indicators (KPIs).
• A willingness to be flexible in altering the timetable according to service developments.
• Supporting the RCs in writing Mental Health Tribunal reports and reports to other agencies as they arise.
• Attending Mental Health Tribunal/Associate Hospital Managers hearings as needed.
• To ensure appropriate clinical documentation.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues in other service lines and with GPs.
• To collaborate with GPs, hospital doctors and primary care clinicians re the physical healthcare.
• To engage with clinical governance meeting with staff and managers.
• The rehab team manager, in collaboration with the consultants in the team, manage patients through a case load management system.
• There are no on-call or section 12 rota commitments.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Plesase see attached JD and Person Spec for the Specialty Doctor - General Adult Psychiatry role at Chase Farm Hospital
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration
- Understanding of clinical governance
Desirable criteria
- Section 12 approval
Personal Circumstance
Essential criteria
- Drivers License (Valid)
Desirable criteria
- Access to a vehicle
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- A minimum of 4 years postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a speciality training programme in psychiatry or as a fixed term speciality trainee in psychiatry; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies
- Risk assessment and risk management
Desirable criteria
- Full MRCPsych
- More than two years of experience working at ST4 level or above.
Training Expected
Essential criteria
- Good and up to date understanding of principles and practice of psychopharmacology and psychological treatments in psychiatry.
Desirable criteria
- Further training in any psychiatric specialty
- Experience of clinical audit
- Experience of quality improvement project
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, non-verbal and written
- Formulate effective working relationships
- Function autonomously as well as being a team player. Commitment of working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Assessing, formulating and prioritizing patient needs
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural society
- Skills in a range of therapeutic and psycho-social treatment options
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Antonio Albanese
- Job title
- Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02083752999
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