Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry - Clare ward

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to lead an acute male inpatient ward. In this role, you will provide high-quality psychiatric care, ensuring compliance with regulations and promoting best practices within a multidisciplinary team. Join a respected trust dedicated to improving mental health services and benefits including a comprehensive pay package and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Generous pay, pensions and leave

Flexible working options

Career development programmes

Car lease competitive deals

Keyworker housing

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry.
• Approved clinician status under S12.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatry consultant leadership to the team.
• Act as Approved Clinician for the ward's case load.
• Conduct daily MDT hand over meetings and chair ward rounds.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills

Team leadership

Communication skills in English

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Job description

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.

Job overview

You will be providing input for an acute male in patient ward for working age patients (18-65 years old).

The ward is designed for male service users who are over 18 and who are deemed to be suffering from a serious mental illness, which cannot be managed in the community. All admissions are gate kept by our Acute Referrals centre (ARC) and local Home Treatment team (HTT) who strive to provide a less restrictive alternative to admission. Majority (80% approximately) of patients admitted will be detained under the Mental health act with a few Informal admissions. As such, patients who are admitted to the ward are generally acutely unwell and will therefore need prompt assessment and management by the in-patient multi-disciplinary team.

For further details, please refer to attached advertisement.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the post holder are to provide psychiatry consultant leadership, to act as Approved Clinician for the ward's case load, and to work with the ward manager to deliver high quality care for patients under the care of the unit.

You will participate in the ward's daily MDT hand over meetings and chair twice weekly ward rounds. You will also be expected to attend the directorate's bed management meetings and any other forums/meetings aimed at improving length of stay and quality of care within our acute in patient services.

For further details please refer to attached JD.

Working for our organisation

Benefits offered by SLAM:

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:
• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• 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
• Car lease, our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, eligible staff benefit fromkeyworker housing which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide enthusiastic, flexible, joint clinical leadership and consultant input into the team, alongside the ward manager
• To take consultant responsibility for your ward, 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 provide consultant input into the ward, using your expertise to provide advice, liaising closely with others and providing assessment of complex presentations and creating appropriate management plans.

For further details please refer to attached JD>

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable criteria

• Qualification or hi----gher 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 in patient, liaison psychiatry, home treatment or addictions

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

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 and 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 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'

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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

• JD / Specification (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Advt. (PDF, 640.5KB)
• SLaM Staff Benefits (PDF, 1.1MB)