Community Adult Consultant Psychiatrist MHWT East

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. NELFT North East London Foundation Trust Community Adult Consultant Psychiatrist MHWT East The closing date is 07 November 2026 Apply for this job Job summary Community Adult Consultant Psychiatrist This post is for an Adult Consultant Psychiatrist position in the East Mental Health & Wellness Team (MHWT-E), based at Beam Park Health Centre, 2 Halewood Way, Rainham, RM13 8QZ. This is a replacement, substantive, full-time post - 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). On-call responsibility: The postholder will be part of the Senior Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours and weekends for Mental Health Services in NELFT. The on call will cover service delivery for Adults and Older Adults presenting with mental health problems. This is currently a 1:50 rota with a 3% Category A salary supplement. The trust has also a daytime (9am - 5pm) Section 136 rota, with an approximate frequency of one day every three months. Main duties of the job The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing care to adults with mental health needs who are registered with a GP Practice located in the eastern part of the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham (plus a small number of patients who reside in that part of the Borough but whose GP is elsewhere). This roughly equates to residents of the Electoral Wards named East Brook, Alibon, Goresbrook, River and Village on the borough map in Section 3.1 below. The successful candidate will provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases. The consultant will be expected to provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with adult patients (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external mental health providers, and acute hospitals. About us NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Details Date posted 09 October 2026 Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staff Grade Consultant Salary £113,565 to £150,569 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number BPX-3ML-002294 Job locations Beam Park Rainham Essex RM13 8QZ United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities Main responsibilities: 1. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others’ workload in the day-to-day allocation of work. 2. To deputise when required in the team manager’s absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff. 3. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them. 4. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes. 5. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust’s risk register. Clini