Locum Consultant - Islington Learning Disability (Drayton Park)

This is one of two Consultant Psychiatrist positions for the Community Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities in Islington, London. The vacancy arose due to the current post-holder taking a two-year career break to work overseas.

Islington is a London borough in North London. Islington is home to 223,024 people with 16,097 people per square km (the highest in London). The borough is very diverse with 33% of residents were born outside of the UK, most commonly Ireland, Turkey, and US as well as 10% of under 17s being ethnically Black Africans. The borough is the sixth most deprived borough in London.

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General Expectations of a Consultant Psychiatrist employed with North London NHS Foundation Trust include:

•    To work within the MDT promoting respect for all professional groups and focusing upon coherent and integrated teamwork.

•    To be Section 12(2) approved and have approved clinician status and participate in the Trust-wide Section 12 daytime rota.

•    To provide second opinions for consultant colleagues if requested.