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.
As the consultant you will be expected to undertake CPA reviews for your caseload as well as arrange follow up appointments as necessary. The team will have a small number of patients subject to section 17A Mental Health Act (1983/2007) (community treatment orders) and so you will be the Responsible Clinician for these cases. The role will also involve liaising with GP’s and other stakeholders including patients and carers, team governance meetings, service development and quality improvement work.
Further, Lewisham have also been running a Consultant Connect service, which operates from 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays. GP’s have direct access for advice from a Consultant Psychiatrist (rota basis).
For more details regarding the post please see the 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 Community Mental Health Team N3, and to support the Team Leader and 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.
You will be expected to provide consultant input for Community Mental Health Team Neighbourhood 3 in which you will have a sector, based upon GP practice, for whom you will be the senior clinician. You will work alongside one other consultant psychiatrist who also work for the Neighbourhood, so there is scope for support and cross cover. There is also the benefit of having other consultants with whom you can discuss challenging cases. The co-location of teams will allow the post holder to work alongside several other psychiatrists with the benefits of cross cover this will allow.
The post holder will be expected to provide clinical cover for other Lewisham borough consultants and vice versa.
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:
1. Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service.
2. Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
3. 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
4. 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
5. Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
6. Included on the GMC Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry OR within six months
7. Approved clinician status and under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Desirable criteria
8. In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Qualifications
Essential criteria
9. MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable criteria
10. Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
11. 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
12. Excellent knowledge in specialty
13. Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
14. Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
15. Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable criteria
16. Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential criteria
17. Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training. Ability to work in and lead team
18. Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
19. Participated in continuous professional development Participated in research or service evaluation. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
20. Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
Desirable criteria
21. Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
22. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
23. Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
24. Has led quality improvement projects leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients