Specialty Doctor - Forensic Service (Blue Nile) | North London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,542 - £99,216 Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 January 2026 |
| Location: | Enfield, EN2 8JL |
| Company: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7650755/455-NLFT-0541 |
Summary
The post holder will provide psychiatric input to, and undertake psychiatric assessments and physical health assessments of patients on a low secure ward on the main Chase Farm hospital site. The post holder will be responsible for a caseload of up to 8 patients and spend 2 days per week on site.
Clinical duties include individually assessing and reviewing patients, as well as participating in ward rounds and CPAs; with opportunities available for the post holder to prepare reports for the courts, tribunal hearings, managers’ hearings, and the Ministry of Justice, and to give evidence at tribunals and managers’ hearings; managing medication regimes and assessing capacity to consent to treatment; liaising with SOADs; undertaking seclusion reviews; liaising with other services including high and low secure units, prisons, physical health providers, and the Ministry of Justice about the patient’s care.
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:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Please see attached JD / Person Spec for more details on the Specialty Doctor - Forensic Service (Blue Nile) role at Chase Farm Hospital
This advert closes on Wednesday 31 Dec 2025