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Job overview
This is an opportunity to join Ivory Triage Ward, a highly performing female general adult mental health triage ward. The consultant psychiatrist is the clinical lead for a highly motivated team working in a busy and demanding environment.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to deliver:
- Consultant led assessment and management of service users admitted to Ivory Triage Ward.
- Effective clinical leadership.
- Advice and consultation to colleagues.
- Training and education.
- Effective supervision.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to get on with colleagues
Desirable
- Media training
Teaching
Essential
- Experience in teaching junior staff
- Good teaching and communication skills
- Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
- Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals
Desirable
- Medical education qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of clinical work in General Adult Psychiatry at ST4-6 or Consultant level within the last 3 years
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
- Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
- Experience of working in liaison psychiatry
Desirable
- Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
- Inpatient experience at consultant level
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council
- On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of eligibility to apply.
- Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983 and Approved Clinician status , or eligible to apply once in post
Desirable
- Higher training in approved training posts for minimum of 3 years and / or previous consultant training.
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
- CCT in general adult psychiatry.
Clinical skills
Essential
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
- Self-motivating and innovative
- Expertise in risk assessment and evidence-based intervention after self-harm
- Confident in therapeutic risk taking
- Commitment to clinical governance
Desirable
- Training in a psychological therapy
Research and audit
Essential
- Experience of research work, especially in general hospital patients and / or patients with medically unexplained symptoms
- Audit experience
Desirable
- Experience of grant-funded project work
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields
ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS/ ABILITIES
Essential
- Leadership skills
- Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
- Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
- Consultation/liaison skills to services, teams and individuals
- Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
- Commitment to working with service users on service development
- Project management ability
Desirable
- Formal leadership and management training
- Experience of team /service leadership
- Experience of organisational development work
- Experience of providing reflective practice to the teams
- Experience of consultations to the teams and individuals
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This advert is for Consultant Psychiatrist Ivory Triage Ward with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 31 Jul 2026.
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