# Consultant Psychiatrist in Epping Forest SCMHT (Epping area) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-in-epping-forest-scmht-epping-area/9ce52cf0-ba28-4e24-b6f2-98e4bbead040 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-in-epping-forest-scmht-epping-area/9ce52cf0-ba28-4e24-b6f2-98e4bbead040.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Rochford Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 plus fringe allowance - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-03T12:42:49.087Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Loughton/Essex_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Adult_Psychiatry/Community_Adult_Psychiatry-v8271543 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8271543?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.eput.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health, community and inpatient care? Why not join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust for the opportunity to flourish and excel in your career and be part of our dedicated medical team. EPUT is looking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to join our West Epping Specialist CMHT based at Rectory Lane, Loughton, Essex. This post is covering the area of Epping. This post is for community-based consultant in the West Epping specialist community mental health team following the transformation of services, which became effective from January 2021. The team provides community services for patient referred to the secondary mental health by GP surgeries within the Neighbourhood localities of West Epping, Loughton, Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell. The team serves an adult population of around 49000. Loughton has been ranked as a nice place to live, it is located right on the border of Epping Forest. Loughton is a vibrant market town in the county of Essex's 'Golden Triangle'. It is the perfect location for Londoner's looking to move out of the capital and start a family, with well-connected commuter trains and beautiful countryside spots right on your doorstep. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder is required to work independently and accountably as part of a team of clinicians offering Mental Health services. Working collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; providing a 7 day a week, 24 hours a day service for 365 days a year. You must have full GMC registration and be on the Specialist Register, with an appropriate CCT or equivalent or be within six months of obtaining your CCT on the date of the AAC. Epping Forest district is a mixture of rural and urban areas and the key population centres are the commuter towns of Loughton, Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill, as well as the market towns of Epping, Waltham Abbey and Ongar. Some areas of the district have relatively good transport links with both the M11 and M25 motorways running through the area. Mainline railway networks run south to London and the Central Line tube has five stops in the district from Buckhurst Hill to Epping. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Attend twice weekly MDT meetings to discuss and support ongoing care of patients. - Provide regular clinics to review patients via CPA process. - Provide flexible emergency medical support for the team’s patients. - Support patients under the MHA and the processes required under the MHA. - Support clinically and supervise your specialty doctor and trainee doctor. - Work collaboratively with Primary Care. - Liaise with other services within the organization and outside of the organization to optimize the care of your patients. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### TRANSPORT **Essential** - Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative. ### ELIGIBILITY **Essential** - Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment - Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months. - Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment - Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment. **Desirable** - In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice. ### Qualifications **Essential** - MB BS or equivalent medical qualification. **Desirable** - Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management. - MRCPsych - On the Specialist Register with qualifications General Adult. - Postgraduate degree in psychiatry MRC Psych or equivalent. ### CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. - Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty. ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10586784) - [person spec (pdf, 480.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10586781) - [staff benefits (pdf, 152.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2990) - [candidate privacy policy (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1853) - [right to work information (pdf, 293.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2355) - [values of the nhs pension (pdf, 151.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2659) - [why join the nhs pension scheme (pdf, 91.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1849) - [employer recognition scheme - gold award (pdf, 27.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2451) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.