Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - North Home Treatment Team | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	25 November 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£109,725 - £145,478 Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	25 December 2025
Location:	Enfield, EN2 8JL
Company:	Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7510644/455-NLFT-0488

Summary

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is recruiting a part-time (5 PAs) old age consultant psychiatrist into a new post in an established Enfield Older Adults Division. The position has come about as a result of the Patient Benefit Case Older Adult Community Transformation work. The post is for a locum whilst RCPsych approval is sought for the substantive job. It is a fixed term job for 6 months.

The team is based at The Warwick Centre, Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, and involves travelling within the boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey to undertake mostly home visits, with some visits to older adult wards at Chase Farm.

Please see attached JD for more details on the Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - North Home Treatment Team role at Warwick Centre
Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, EN2 8JL

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.



Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

• To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed with the medical director and in accordance with the Trust’s policies and procedures.
• To ensure that junior doctors working with them are compliant with the Working Time Directive.
• To comply with procedures whereby doctors report concerns about professional conduct or competence of medical or other colleagues.
• To comply with the principles of practice laid out by the General Medical Council and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council (GMC), Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
• To demonstrate compliance with legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g.
Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, Mental Capacity Act, The Children Act.
• To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
• To participate annually in a job plan review with the relevant Clinical Director and Service Manager or Managing Director.
• To attend and participate in the academic program of the Trust, including lectures and seminars of the internal CPD program.
• To comply with the regulations of the Royal College of Psychiatrists on Continuing Medical Education (CPD).
• To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
• To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and to submit this promptly to the Information Department.
• To comply with confidentiality as advised by professional and Department of Health Guidelines.
• To comply with proper and safe discharge procedures for in-patients in line with relevant partnership and national guidelines.
• To comply with Trust procedures that involve users in their care.
• To comply with Trust procedures about responsibility to carers.
• To commit to ensuring that people from all ethnic groups have equitable access to appropriate services.
• To ensure successful multi-disciplinary working.
• To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
• To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the services and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
• To maintain good relationships with general practitioners, Social Services, and voluntary sector organizations.


This advert closes on Monday 8 Dec 2025