Specialist doctor in Homerton Psychological Medicine | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 June 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 July 2026 |
| Location: | london, E9 6SR |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 8003186/363-CH-8003186 |
Summary
Specialist doctor in the Homerton Psychological Medicine team.
Working as key member of this liaison team, involved in all aspects of assessing and managing patients referred to the service from the emergency department and the acute wards.
Assessment and management of a wide range of presentations who are referred to a busy liaison team. This includes patients referred from the ED covering crisis presentations, acutely disturbed or confused patients and those experiencing psychoses with a range of precipitants.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
The post-holder will gain experience in assessment and management of a wide range of presentations who are referred to a busy liaison team. This includes patients referred from the ED covering crisis presentations, acutely disturbed or confused patients and those experiencing psychoses with a range of precipitants.
Referrals from the wards include mood disturbances, functional presentations, eating disorders, post-ictal presentations and other organic psychoses and a monthly MDT discussion with the regional neuro rehabilitation unit. (RNRU)
The post-holder will help provide clinical leadership in the assessment and management of a wide range of mental health presentations as outlined above. They will take part in weekly MDTs, provide local teaching, engage in audit and QI cycles and be supported to pursue any interests they have in relation to the post and their psychiatry career.
This advert closes on Friday 19 Jun 2026