# Locum Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist - CRT North > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-general-adult-psychiatrist-crt-north/ff532179-7626-4173-8403-6dd9d6e1e905 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-general-adult-psychiatrist-crt-north/ff532179-7626-4173-8403-6dd9d6e1e905.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term 12 months) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-03T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T14:21:56.026Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Plaistow_London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8018159 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8018159?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a Locum Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist to join the Community Recovery Team North in Newham. This is a rare opportunity to work in an integrated community and inpatient service. The Community Recovery Team serves adults with serious mental illness residing in the North of the borough. It is a well-established service which  seamless and integrated mental health care between inpatients and the community. The post is being advertised on a fixed-term basis initially, with future substantive recruitment planned. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder will have overall clinical responsibility for service users on their caseload in their CRT sub-team and sector inpatients. They will lead on the delivery of high quality care in all settings; ensure policies and procedures are followed; develop close working links with GP colleagues in order to provide integrated holistic care; and develop close working links with the acute locality treatment wards ensuring the right care is provided in the right setting. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further information. ## Job Details We are seeking a Locum Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist to join the Community Recovery Team North in Newham. This is a rare opportunity to work in an integrated community and inpatient service. The Community Recovery Team serves adults with serious mental illness residing in the North of the borough. It is a well-established service which seamless and integrated mental health care between inpatients and the community. The post is being advertised on a fixed-term basis initially, with future substantive recruitment planned. ## Job Description The post-holder will have overall clinical responsibility for service users on their caseload in their CRT sub-team and sector inpatients. They will lead on the delivery of high quality care in all settings; ensure policies and procedures are followed; develop close working links with GP colleagues in order to provide integrated holistic care; and develop close working links with the acute locality treatment wards ensuring the right care is provided in the right setting. ## Responsibilities Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further information. ## Person Specification ### QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - Fully registered with the General Medical Council - On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT - 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 or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines) - Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983 and Approved Clinician status ### 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 ### OTHER REQUIREMENTS **Essential** - Excellent communication skills - Ability to get on with colleagues **Desirable** - Media training ### 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 ### KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE **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 on an inpatient ward **Desirable** - Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health - Knowledge & experience of recovery-informed service delivery and working with patients as experts by experience - Inpatient experience at consultant level ### TEACHING AND SUPERVISION **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 ### 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 ## Documents - [elft strategy (pdf, 153.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1708) - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [jd crt north consultant (pdf, 720.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10304344) - [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) ## 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.