Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 277- 7492093-SW
- Employer
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Erith Centre
- Town
- Erith
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 plus £2,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Specialty Doctor General Adult Community
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Job overview
The ADAPT Service
The Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) for ADAPT consists of psychiatrists, social workers, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses, employment advisors, support worker staff and lived experience practitioners with the support of administrative roles.
Following Triage within the Primary Care Plus (PCP) within the relevant area, those service users considered to need input from ADAPT will be booked into an Assessment Clinic. This assessment should take place within ten working days by an experienced clinician with the appropriate skill set and competency to ensure good quality formulation and care planning.
Prior to assessment by ADAPT, service users will be asked to fill out a screening form gathering basic demographic and other data (carers / NOK detail, smoking status etc.). Assessment clinics will be scheduled on two days a week. Assessment slots will last for up to 90 minutes. All assessments will be presented in the post assessment team meeting where formulation, diagnosis, care needs in line with the Care Act (2015), specialist intervention and fast track job retention will be discussed and agreed.
Internal referrals will be made via the internal Oxleas referral email address from wards, HTT, DTT and will also be discussed and allocated within these MDT meetings.
Main duties of the job
To provide medical and psychiatric input for the Bexley ADAPT team, Erith Centre.
· To work as part of a multidisciplinary team including nursing staff and other
Participate with the multidisciplinary team during the process of new patient assessments, follow ups, emergency clinics, wrap up meeting following the fast track new patient assessment clinics ,MDT and team business meetings, home visit and Mental Health Act assessments in the community.
· Associated administrative tasks including attending regular meetings with nursing and secretarial staff, dealing with requests for prescriptions, reviewing blood results, ECG’s, neuroimaging and other medical reports, clinical entries on RiO (the Trust electronic medical record) and associated letters and administrative tasks associate with RiO such as making and validating clinical entries, assisting in the completion of Risk assessments and CPA reports.
· Attend and actively participate in relevant team referral, case load zoning and review meetings
· To work in a flexible manner as dictated by clinical need within the terms of the job plan and contract
· Ensure regular and timely discussion of the clinical caseload with the supervising consultant.
· Ensure effective and timely documentation and communication of clinical decision making and management plans.
Working for our organisation
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.
“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.”
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work 8 PA DCC and have 2SPA within their job plan to support professional and service development.
General duties
· To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
· To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department.
· To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
· To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation.
· To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services
· To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- GMC Regsitered
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MRCPsych
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant Experience
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gary Inglis
- Job title
- Consultant Psychiatrist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082694110
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