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Consultant Psychiatrist - CMHT4 Lewisham
The closing date is 08 June 2026
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.
The Community Mental Health Service provides long‑term treatments for patients with complex and enduring mental health problems. The team accepts patients with all diagnoses, ensuring a variety of presentations. The majority of patients will be managed under the Care Programme Approach. CMHT Neighbourhood 4’s total caseload is 263, distributed by GP sectors.
As the consultant you will undertake CPA reviews for your caseload, arrange follow‑up appointments as necessary, and serve as the Responsible Clinician for any section 17A Mental Health Act (1983/2007) community treatment orders. You will also liaise with GPs and other stakeholders, attend team governance meetings, and contribute to service development and quality improvement work.
The post holder is expected to provide clinical cover for other Lewisham borough consultants and vice‑versa.
For more details regarding the post, please refer to the attached JD.
Main duties of the job
The consultant provides psychiatric leadership, acts as Approved Clinician to the Community Mental Health Team N4, and supports the Team Leader and Clinical Service Lead.
Close liaison with primary care is key. You will work directly with GPs and other stakeholders, supported by lead clinician Dr Dominic Cottrell and the AMD for Lewisham, Dr Hugh Williams.
As the senior clinician for one GP sector, you will work alongside another consultant psychiatrist in the Neighbourhood, with opportunities for support, cross‑cover, and discussion of challenging cases. Co‑location of teams facilitates working alongside several psychiatrists.
About us
We are committed to ensuring our staff benefit from a healthy work‑life balance and value your contributions.
Our benefits include:
* Generous pay, pensions, and leave – dependent on role and length of service.
* Work‑life balance – flexible working, part‑time options, and job sharing.
* Career development – opportunities to progress through leadership, mentoring, coaching, and other talent programmes.
* Car lease – competitive lease deals.
Job responsibilities
* Provide enthusiastic, flexible joint clinical leadership alongside the Clinical Service Lead.
* Take consultant responsibility for your GP sector, acting as Approved Clinician, assessing or supervising assessment and management of patients, and devising treatment plans and medication regimes.
* Offer expert risk assessment and management for complex care of severe mental illness.
* Ensure excellence in delivery of evidence‑based treatments.
* Provide support, advice, and information to patients, carers, referrers, team members, and other professionals.
* Help represent the unit at CAG, care pathway meetings, and other internal and external meetings as needed.
Person Specification
* 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 under S12 or able to achieve within three months of appointment.
* In good standing with the GMC concerning warning and conditions on practice.
Qualifications
* MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
* Higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
* Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (following Royal College guidelines) and experience in relevant specialties such as inpatient, old‑age psychiatry, liaison psychiatry, home treatment or addictions.
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
* Excellent specialty knowledge.
* Excellent clinical skills using a bio‑psycho‑social perspective and wide medical knowledge; excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
* Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty; make evidence‑based decisions, including contribution from others.
* Able to meet duties under the MHA and MCA.
* Wide range of specialist and sub‑specialist experience relevant to the NHS or comparable service.
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
* Deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training; lead teams.
* Commit to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvements.
* Participate in continuous professional development; research or service evaluation; appraise clinical evidence.
* Participate in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
* Plan and deliver relevant teaching and training; reflect on CPD outcomes.
* Experience in clinical research and/or service evaluation.
* Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
* Led quality improvement projects resulting in service change or improved outcomes.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Address
N4 Community Mental Health Team – 1A Churchdown, Downham, London, BR1 5PS
Salary
Depending on experience: £113,565 – £150,569 per annum.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full‑time
Reference number
334-LEW-7998040-JA
Job locations
N4 Community Mental Health Team – 1A Churchdown, Downham, London, BR1 5PS
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