Overview
The Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) aims to provide a more enhanced service for people diagnosed with serious mental illness and to deliver evidence-based interventions and care whilst increasing service user and carer satisfaction. AOT adopts an assertive and proactive way of working, utilising a whole-team approach to provide continuity of care and encourage creativity in engagement and positive risk taking. The AO multidisciplinary team provides most interventions from within the team and delivers care wherever is required and most appropriate.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will provide clinical leadership for the multidisciplinary team. They will work with the team manager to ensure responsive, excellent and safe care is provided that supports the whole healthcare system. The postholder will work with senior directorate staff to meet Trust objectives.
Details
The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is part of King\'s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC). KHP is responsible for seeing 2 million patients each year, has 25,000 employees and 19,500 students, and a £2 billion annual turnover. It brings together the best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence and world-class teaching to deliver groundbreaking advances in physical and mental healthcare. See Kings Health Partners website.
The Trust is committed to innovation, effective interventions and improved service user outcomes. It has 230 community, inpatient and outpatient-based services and provides mental health services to the people of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Croydon, substance misuse services for people in Lambeth, Bexley, Greenwich and Wandsworth, and specialist CAMHS services for Kent. It also provides tertiary specialist services to people from across the UK and has partnerships with clinical services and educational programmes in Europe, the Middle East and China.
The Trust\'s core value states that “everything we do is to improve the experience of people using our services and to promote mental health and wellbeing for all”.
Details
Date posted: 05 September 2025
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: Depending on experience £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 334-SOU-7399557-JA
Job location: Marina House, 63-65 Denmark hill, London, SE5 8RZ
Job description and responsibilities
The postholder will provide clinical leadership for the multidisciplinary team. They will work with the team manager to ensure responsive, excellent and safe care is provided that supports the whole healthcare system. The postholder will work with senior directorate staff to meet Trust objectives. Please see job description and person specification for further details.
Qualifications and training
Essential
* 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.
* Included on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of eligibility.
* Approved Clinician status AND Approved under S12 of the UK Mental Health Act (1983), or able to achieve these within 3 months of appointment.
* Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines).
Desirable
* 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 other relevant specialties such as inpatient, liaison psychiatry, home treatment or addictions.
* In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
* Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service. Membership or fellowship of Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Experience and clinical skills
Essential
* Excellent knowledge in specialty.
* Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
* Good oral and written communication skills in English.
* Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
* Significant experience in risk assessment and management including positive risk taking.
* Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
Desirable
* Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
* Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
Teaching, Academic and leadership
Essential
* Experience of teaching at either undergraduate or postgraduate level.
* Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership, working collaboratively and effectively with others in a multidisciplinary team and the wider trust and community.
* Leadership and management experience.
* 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
* Formal training or qualifications in supervision.
* 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.
Disclosures
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a disclosure check may be required.
Other information
Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information see UK Visas and Immigration.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Marina House, 63-65 Denmark hill, London, SE5 8RZ
Employer website: https://www.slam.nhs.uk/
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