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Job summary

Main area
Psychiatry
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
334-LEW-7052011-JA
Employer
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
N2 Community Mental Health Team- based at 62 Speedwell Street, Deptford, London SE8 4AT
Town
Lewisham
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Closing
08/04/2025 23:59

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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant Psychiatrist - CMHT Lewisham

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

 

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives  in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology  to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust. 

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM) are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking, enthusiastic, full time, substantive Consultant Psychiatrists to lead a Community Mental health team in the London Borough of Lewisham. 

If you are looking for an exciting frontline role, within an established community mental health team, with opportunities to work closely with Primary care partners and lead on further service development and incorporating quality improvement methodology to evaluate changes, then this is the ideal post for you.

 You will be providing input for the Community Mental Health Team in Lewisham’s Neighbourhood 2 in the North part of the neighbourhood (N2N).

For more details regarding the post please see the  advertisement / Job description attached.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the consultant are to provide psychiatry consultant leadership and to act as Approved Clinician to the two Neighbourhood Teams – the Primary Care Mental Health Team and the Community Mental Health Team, and to support the Clinical Service Lead.

Close liaison with primary care will be a key part of the role. You will need to work directly with GPs and other stakeholders. The Lead clinician for community teams, Dr Dominic Cottrell and the AMD for Lewisham, Dr Hugh Williams will support you and the team with regard to stakeholder engagement and addressing any interface issues. 

For further details please refer to the attached JD.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

  • Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service.
  • Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
  • Career development, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as leadership, mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership, and other talent programmes
  • Car lease, our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

•             To provide enthusiastic, and flexible, joint clinical leadership and consultant input into the team, alongside the Clinical Service Lead

•          To take consultant responsibility for your sector of the Neighbourhood Community Mental Health team, acting as Approved Clinician and assessing or supervising assessment and management of patients and devising or helping to devise appropriate treatment plans and medication regimes, providing prompt medical response, and advising and work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team

•          To offer expert risk assessment and management skills in complex care of people with severe mental illness

•          To ensure excellence in the delivery of evidence-based treatments

•          To act as a source of support, advice and information to current or prospective patients and their carers, referrers, team members and other professionals

For further details please refer to attached JD.

Person specification

Eligibility

Essential criteria
  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry OR within six months
  • Approved clinician status and under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Desirable criteria
  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
  • Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines). Experience in relevant specialties such as in patient, old age psychiatry, liaison psychiatry, home treatment or addictions

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Excellent knowledge in specialty
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
  • Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
  • Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable criteria
  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

Essential criteria
  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training. Ability to work in and lead team
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
  • Participated in continuous professional development Participated in research or service evaluation. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
Desirable criteria
  • Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
  • Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
  • Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
  • Has led quality improvement projects leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

Employer certification / accreditation badges

London Healthy workplaceCapital Nurse, LondonNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Stonewall Silver 2022Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Armed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Hugh Williams
Job title
Associate Medical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02032286393
Additional information

Lead clinician for Community services, Dr  Dominic Cottrell; 

[email protected]

N2 Service Lead - Claire Ferguson: [email protected]

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