# Specialist doctor in Homerton Psychological Medicine

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (12 month contract from August 2026)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-05T15:12:48.016Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/london/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/General_Adult_liaison_psychiatry/General_Adult_liaison_psychiatry-v8003186
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8003186?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Specialist doctor in the Homerton Psychological Medicine team.

Working as key member of this liaison team, involved in all aspects of assessing and managing patients referred to the service from the emergency department and the acute wards.

### Main duties of the job

Assessment and management of a wide range of presentations who are referred to a busy liaison team. This includes patients referred from the ED covering crisis presentations, acutely disturbed or confused patients and those experiencing psychoses with a range of precipitants.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will gain experience in assessment and management of a wide range of presentations who are referred to a busy liaison team. This includes patients referred from the ED covering crisis presentations, acutely disturbed or confused patients and those experiencing psychoses with a range of precipitants.

Referrals from the wards include mood disturbances, functional presentations, eating disorders, post-ictal presentations and other organic psychoses and a monthly MDT discussion with the regional neuro rehabilitation unit. (RNRU)

The post-holder will help provide clinical leadership in the assessment and management of a wide range of mental health presentations as outlined above. They will take part in weekly MDTs, provide local teaching, engage in audit and QI cycles and be supported to pursue any interests they have in relation to the post and their psychiatry career.

## Job Details

Specialist doctor in the Homerton Psychological Medicine team.

Working as key member of this liaison team, involved in all aspects of assessing and managing patients referred to the service from the emergency department and the acute wards.

## Job Description

Assessment and management of a wide range of presentations who are referred to a busy liaison team. This includes patients referred from the ED covering crisis presentations, acutely disturbed or confused patients and those experiencing psychoses with a range of precipitants.

## Responsibilities

The post-holder will gain experience in assessment and management of a wide range of presentations who are referred to a busy liaison team. This includes patients referred from the ED covering crisis presentations, acutely disturbed or confused patients and those experiencing psychoses with a range of precipitants.

Referrals from the wards include mood disturbances, functional presentations, eating disorders, post-ictal presentations and other organic psychoses and a monthly MDT discussion with the regional neuro rehabilitation unit. (RNRU)

The post-holder will help provide clinical leadership in the assessment and management of a wide range of mental health presentations as outlined above. They will take part in weekly MDTs, provide local teaching, engage in audit and QI cycles and be supported to pursue any interests they have in relation to the post and their psychiatry career.

## Person Specification

### Essential

**Essential**

- Psychiatric assessment and consultation skills (I) Risk assessment and positive risk taking Ability to work sensitively in partnership with patients Ability to work with team to manage crises safely Good time management (A I) Multidisciplinary working (A I)
- Knowledge of psychiatric theory and practice (A I) Knowledge of the MHA (I A) Knowledge of the principles and practice of psychopharmacology (A I)

## 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)
- [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)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 456.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10288822)

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