Consultant Adult Liaison Psychiatrist MH Crisis Assessment Hub
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £109,725.00 to £145,478.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £109725.00 - £145478.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 January 2026 |
| Location: | Ilford, Essex, IG3 8XJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9395-25-1173 |
Summary
The post holder will be a Consultant Psychiatrist with Approved Clinician (AC) certification and is expected to contribute to the culture of relational care and collaborative working in the Psychiatric Liaison Service of Queens Hospital and the 24hour Mental Health Crisis assessment hub at Goodmayes. You will work as the senior clinical lead in the multidisciplinary teams, including direct clinical care to patients. You are expected to demonstrate clinical and strategic leadership and provide supervision to clinicians where appropriate. You will work clinically with patients and their families, and liaise as appropriate with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Trust (BHRUT) colleagues, the local community mental health services, and inpatient and Home Treatment Team colleagues. You will develop good working relationships with our Emergency Department (ED) colleagues in Queens Hospital (a hospital in Barking, Havering, Redbridge University Trust) to continually improve on care delivered to our patients. You will work alongside current consultants in Liaison at Queens; two General Adult Consultant Psychiatrists (Dr Gavin McKay and Dr Sally Daly), and Old Age Consultant Psychiatrists (Dr Stephen OConnor and Dr Gareth Smith), plus two Specialty Doctors who work across old age and general adult psychiatry, a senior trainee in old age psychiatry and a Foundation doctor. There is also a Specialty Doctor placed in the 24hour Enhanced Crisis Assessment Hub who you would be expected to clinically supervise. We have a Health based place of safety (HBPoS) designated Section 136 suite at Goodmayes. The Sec 136 rota covers activity for MHA assessments in the HBPoS, but there are occasions when patients who have been assessed need further consultant review and this would be within the remit of this post, arranged during times you are based at the Hub. You will also be expected to take a lead on emergency Mental Health Act assessments of Adults subject to Section 136 within the ED liaison setting during your ED working hours, although these presentations are not encouraged as the preferred route is via the Health Based Place of Safety. The post holder will direct, support or conduct the assessment and treatment planning for patients presenting in crisis at Queens ED or at the Crisis Assessment Hub. There is 24 hour duty doctor cover across the Liaison teams and the Assessment hub out of hours.