Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 1 session per week
- Job ref
- 334-LEW-7105123-JA
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southbrook Road, 1 Southbrook Road, London, SE12 8LH N4, Community Mental Health Team 1A Churchdown, Downham, BR1 5PS
- Town
- Lewisham
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Closing
- 20/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
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, enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Primary mental health care teams in Neighbourhood 4 within the London Borough of Lewisham. This is being advertised as a fixed term post.
If you are looking for an exciting clinical role, within established primary care mental health teams, 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.
Number of programmed activities: 6 (4.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA)
For more details regarding the post please see the advertisement / Job description attached.
Main duties of the job
To provide enthusiastic, and flexible, joint clinical leadership and consultant input into the team, alongside the Clinical Service Lead
· To provide consultant input into the Primary Care Mental Health Team, using your expertise to provide advice, liaising closely with GPs and other stakeholders, and providing assessment of complex presentations and creating appropriate management plans
• To offer expert risk assessment and management skills of patients newly referred to services
• 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 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
The main duties of the consultant are to provide psychiatry consultant leadership to the Primary Care 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 will need to attend regular meetings with local practices to improve the primary / secondary care interface and enhance the ability of medical colleagues working in primary care (Lead consultant in neighbourhood to take on this role).
You will be expected to provide consultant input for the Primary Care Mental Health team for two and a half days per week and the remainder of the week..
The post holder will be expected to provide clinical cover for other Lewisham borough consultants and vice versa.
In conjunction with the Team Leader, will help to represent the unit at CAG and care pathway meetings and other internal and external meetings where needed.
To provide reciprocal Approved Clinician cover including under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act for the leave, study leave and sickness of senior medical staff in Lewisham during working hours
To keep up-to-date with all developments in research and treatment around acute care pathways and inpatient mental health care To develop strong working relationships with outside stakeholders, notably GPs, local authority social services, housing providers and local voluntary organisations.
To undertake responsibilities as an approved clinician under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983 as needed
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
Desirable criteria
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Approved clinician status and under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
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
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
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;
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