Consultant – Enfield North Core Community (Enfield – Silver Street)

Overview

In this role you will provide senior clinical leadership within the Enfield North Locality Team, shaping the service alongside cross-functional colleagues. You will manage a caseload of patients with serious mental illness, contribute to service development and clinical pathways, and participate in governance and on-call duties. The position offers a balance of direct patient care and professional activity within a supportive NHS trust aligned with a strategy to improve mental health care across North London. This is an opportunity to influence care quality and service improvement on a borough-wide scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical governance and team performance within the Enfield North Locality Team
• Manage a caseload of patients with serious mental illness (SMI) and collaborate on treatment planning
• Act as Responsible Clinician for CTO patients under MHA guidance
• Contribute to assessment of new referrals and develop treatment plans with multi-disciplinary colleagues
• Ensure compliance with Mental Health Act, safeguarding, and professional standards
• Maintain electronic records and contribute to routine outcome monitoring
• Provide supervision and teaching to medical staff and other professionals
• Participate in on-call rota (1:32) and weekly team meetings
• Engage in management activities and governance processes within the service
• Help develop clinical pathways, priorities, and service development initiatives

Key requirements

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC registration with current licence
• Within six months: Specialist Register or eligible; Section 12 approved or eligible; Approved clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Valid UK driving licence
• Excellent clinical knowledge and communication skills in English
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and meet MHA and MCA duties
• Ability to deliver teaching and training; experience in audit and quality improvement (desirable)

• leadership
• teamwork and collaboration
• effective communication
• electronic health record proficiency
• Dialog+ usage for risk assessments and communication
• routine outcome monitoring

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