Consultant Psychiatrist - Greenwich Home Treatment Team

Job summaryAn exciting opportunity has arisen to join Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust as a valued Consultant based at Oxleas House, providing medical input into the Home Treatment Team in Greenwich.Main duties of the jobThe home treatment team is a busy multidisciplinary service providing acute treatment to adult patients with a range of mental health diagnosis and psychosocial stressors across the borough of Greenwich. There is an additional home treatment team that will cover older adults over the age of 65 but the three boroughs' for the Trust; Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich general adult mental health HTTs support this and with this in mind there may at times be patients on the general adult HTT workload who will be >65 years of age. The caseload size varies and is not capped, please refer to the Job Description with details on the referrals made to the team for the last few months. Greenwich HTT as part of Trust acute and crisis service line will work in close liaison with Bromley and Bexley HTTs.The post-holder will work with other members of the MDT including but not limited to nursing, social workers and psychologists who will work together to monitor individuals' safety, providing a range of interventions and working closely with families and carers.The team work closely with the other wards based at Oxleas House; Shrewsbury, Avery and The TARN and will be involved in the bed-management programme for the unit helping to facilitate discharges and help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions by working closely with community teams.About usAt Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts."We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives."DetailsDate posted18 September 2026Pay schemeHospital medical and dental staffGradeConsultantSalary
113,565 to 150,569 a year
per annum, plus London weighting 2,162 per annum
ContractPermanentWorking pattern

Full-time

Reference number -A1-LRJob locationsOxleas HouseStadium RdLondonSE18 4QHUnited KingdomJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesTo manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trusts personnel policies and procedures.To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder, operate within theparameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and to submit this promptly to the informatics team.To participate in service and business planning activity for the team and as appropriate for the whole mental health service.To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
Job description
Job responsibilitiesTo manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trusts personnel policies and procedures.To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder, operate within theparameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and to submit this promptly to the informatics team.To participate in service and business planning activity for the team and as appropriate for the whole mental health service.To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval and to abide by professional codes of conduct.Person Specification
Qualifications
EssentialGMC Registration
Qualifications
EssentialAC Status
Experience
EssentialRelevant Experience
Person Specification

Qualifications
EssentialGMC Registration
Qualifications
EssentialAC Status
Experience
EssentialRelevant ExperienceDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK Registration
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Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameOxleas NHS Foundation TrustAddressOxleas HouseStadium RdLondonSE18 4QHUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameOxleas NHS Foundation TrustAddressOxleas HouseStadium RdLondonSE18 4QHUnited KingdomEmployer's website