Locum Consultant Psychiatrist Home Treatment Team | East London NHS Foundation Trust

This is an opportunity to join an outstanding Home Treatment team that is high performing, provides highly effective care, and has wonderful supportive culture. The post is being advertised as a fixed-term for 11 months as the substantive post-holder is moving to another team in the directorate on a fixed-term secondment.

To provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and medical management of patients, by delivering the

following interventions

• Comprehensive psychiatric assessments, with development of care plans, taking into account patients’ capabilities, strengths and resilience
• Mental state examination
• Clinical diagnosis
• Initiation and reviews of pharmacological treatments
• To lead multi-disciplinary assessment, formulation and management of individual’s risk.
• Physical health assessments
• Referrals to other services (medical referrals, diagnostic tests, forensic services)
• Liaison with GP, community and forensic services.
• Reviews of clinical progress and care plans
• Assessment of readiness for transfer to less restrictive setting and discharge planning.
• Safeguarding planning processes
• Consultation and liaison with families and carers.
• Liaison with the criminal justice system, police, Courts and probation when required for the care

and management of patients.

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.

To provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and medical management of patients, by delivering the

following interventions

• Comprehensive psychiatric assessments, with development of care plans, taking into account

patients’ capabilities, strengths and resilience

• Mental state examination
• Clinical diagnosis
• Initiation and reviews of pharmacological treatments
• To lead multi-disciplinary assessment, formulation and management of individual’s risk.
• Physical health assessments
• Referrals to other services (medical referrals, diagnostic tests, forensic services)
• Liaison with GP, community and forensic services.
• Reviews of clinical progress and care plans
• Assessment of readiness for transfer to less restrictive setting and discharge planning.
• Safeguarding planning processes
• Consultation and liaison with families and carers.
• Liaison with the criminal justice system, police, Courts and probation when required for the care

and management of patients.

For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Friday 30 Oct 2026