Locum Consultant - Intensive Outreach Pathway (Lucas House - Enfield)
| Posting date: | 07 January 2026 |
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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: | 06 February 2026 |
| Location: | Enfield, N9 0PZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9455-26-0002 |
Summary
The specific clinical and managerial responsibilities of the post-holder will be as follows: To provide consultant input and clinical leadership to the local Intensive Outreach pathway within the Core Community Mental Health Teams. To assist in the prioritization of new referrals to the pathway, which will be discussed in the weekly clinical MDT meeting of the relevant Core Team. To proactively conduct consultant-to-consultant handover for service users being stepped up to or stepped down from the Intensive Outreach pathway. To assist with medication reviews, Dialog+ care planning, management plans, risk assessments, safety plans (Formerly crisis plans), and self-help plans as required for these patients stepped up to the pathway. As necessary to provide direct clinical assessments of patients and to provide follow up as appropriate. To maintain effective communication with Intensive outreach pathway staff, wider Core Team MDT, GPs, primary care staff, patients and their carers. To support the pathway aim of reduction in use of unplanned care services, lasting and consenting engagement and contacts with services, recovery from SMI, significant improvement in symptom severity and insight. To provide clinical input, where necessary, to multi-disciplinary case conferencing around difficult patients being managed within the Core Teams. To work flexibly within timetabled working hours, so that urgent clinical matters can be prioritized. To carry out Mental Health Act and domiciliary assessments as required. To play a key role in implementing improved interface between different pathways within the core teams. To liaise and work closely with local voluntary services as part of the new model of core community teams To engage with local service user participation models. To participate in management activities and governance processes related to the Core Teams, including audits and quality improvement projects. To play an integral role in the performance of the team, the further development of the service, and the development of clinical pathways and priorities of the service line.