Job vacancy: Consultant Psychiatrist - CMHT Lewisham, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Lewisham

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

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.

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

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

That all applications for this post will need to be made online
That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’

London Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage Foundation

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

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

Apply online now

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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Consultant Psychiatrist - CMHT Lewisham

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

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Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Eligibility

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

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Applicant requirements

Documents to download

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