Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive, 4.5 PA consultant psychiatrist post in the Lambeth Perinatal Community Mental Health Service, as an existing consultant will reduce their sessions. The successful candidate will work with other members of the specialist Lambeth perinatal service team to deliver high quality, safe, evidence-based care and to support service innovations, quality improvements and clinical research in perinatal psychiatry within SLaM, sharing strong clinical leadership within the team. The consultant will work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team, including providing clinical and educational supervision to junior medical staff, and will participate in clinical governance and quality improvement initiatives.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership and consultant input into the Lambeth Perinatal team, be responsible for assessing patients, devising treatment plans, and providing prompt medical responses for those under their direct care. The role involves delivering high-quality, evidence-based care, supporting service innovations, quality improvements, and clinical research in perinatal psychiatry within SLaM, within the Lambeth Perinatal Community Mental Health Service.
Diversity, equality and inclusion
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, 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. Our approach includes embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, ensuring all services and staff understand and support our commitment, and treating service users, carers and staff with compassion, respect and dignity.
Important application notes
* That all applications for this post will need to be made online
* That you read and understand the Job Description and Person 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 the vacancy may close earlier should a sufficient number of applicants have been received. Submitting your application early is advised
* 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 if you have not heard from us within three weeks from the closing date, your application has not been successful
* Priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
* If successful and appointed, you authorize South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
* We are a smoke-free Trust
Additional information
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 providing high quality and specialist care to our service users, and the Care Quality Commission rates our services as good. We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system to improve patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, staff have opportunities to be part of this improvement journey with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers. The Trust recognises the value of people with lived experience of mental illness and welcomes applications from them as an asset. Our values include care, kindness, politeness, promptness, honesty, listening, and follow-through. We offer flexible working arrangements where possible.
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