Four Junior Clinical Fellow Posts in General Psychiatry

Maudsley Learning; London; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a prestigious NHS foundation as a Junior Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, where you'll be part of a dedicated team providing high-quality mental health care. This role offers a unique opportunity to rotate between inpatient and community settings, enhancing your clinical skills in a supportive environment. You'll engage with multidisciplinary teams, develop your expertise in patient assessment and care, and contribute to innovative practices aimed at improving patient outcomes. This is an exciting chance to make a meaningful impact in mental health while advancing your professional development in a vibrant and diverse community.

Qualifications

• Fully registered medical practitioner with a license to practice in the UK.
• Experience in psychiatric settings and management activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage inpatient caseload and conduct risk assessments.
• Liaise with various professionals and maintain accurate records.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Risk management

Patient monitoring

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Medical Degree

Postgraduate degree in relevant subject

Tools

Electronic Patient Records (EPJS)

Job description

Four Junior Clinical Fellow Posts in General Psychiatry

NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow

Main area: General Adult Psychiatry
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Due to end on 04/02/2026)
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref: 334-CRY-6862916-JA

Site: Bethlem Royal Hospital and Jeanette Wallace House
Town: London
Salary: £49,909 per annum
Closing: 04/02/2025 23:59

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 we are recognised for our care and treatment. 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

This job posting is for a Junior Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in Croydon.

The post seeks four successful candidates who will be assigned to one of two rotations that consist of an inpatient post and a community post. Candidates will rotate between the two posts, working six months in each over a year.

Please see the job description for more information. In summary:

• Position: Fixed-term, full-time (9am-5pm, Monday to Friday) with optional on-call rota.
• Rotations: One year split between an inpatient post and a community post (six months each).
• Inpatient Role: Work on acute psychiatric wards (Gresham 1 and Gresham 2) at Bethlem Royal Hospital.
• Community Role: Work with Croydon Central Locality and Croydon Central A and L teams.
• Team Composition: Multidisciplinary teams including doctors, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, and psychologists.
• Opportunities: Develop skills in assessment, care, and treatment of vulnerable patients, dynamic risk assessment, and working with acutely disturbed patients.
• Professional Development: Two sessions for supporting professional activities per week, equivalent to 1 day, where successful candidates can pursue an interest in psychiatry, be it research, teaching, specialist clinical experiences, psychotherapy experience or other projects.

Main duties of the job

Clinical responsibilities

• Review and Management of inpatients/team caseload and day-to-day workload of the service.
• Attending ward rounds/team meetings/CPA Meetings.
• Carrying out risk assessments and formulating appropriate risk management plans.
• Physical health monitoring of patients – including carrying out physical examination and investigations as appropriate.
• Liaising with GP’s and various other professionals/teams within and outside SLAM including with Social services, DVLA and the Voluntary sector.
• Attending external patient meetings as appropriate.
• Record keeping – including preparing reports/letters, discharge notifications/summaries and ensuring that all the relevant information gathered by you following patient contact is recorded clearly in the trust’s electronic notes (EPJS) and elsewhere as appropriate.

8 Programmed Activities per week will be devoted to Direct Clinical Care and 2 SPAs to Supporting Professional Activity.

The two successful candidates will rotate between the two posts at six months with a year's total duration.

Working for our organisation

The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) offers the UK's widest range of NHS mental health services across Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark. Here are the key points:

• Part of King's Health Partners: An Academic Health Sciences Centre with 2 million patients annually, 25,000 employees, and 19,500 students.
• Services: 230 community, inpatient, and outpatient services, including mental health and substance misuse services.
• Staff and Reach: 4,800 staff treating 64,000 community patients and 3,700 inpatients annually.
• Educational Links: Close ties with King's College London, providing high-quality clinical training.
• Commitment: Focused on innovation, effective interventions, and improved outcomes, working closely with users, carers, local authorities, and NHS hospitals.
• Core Value: Improving service user experience and promoting mental health and wellbeing.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Gresham 1 and Gresham 2 are a 21 bedded female and 22 bedded male ward respectively based at the Bethlem Royal Hospital, where acute inpatient care of Croydon residents is provided. They operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Both wards have dedicated doctors’ offices and shared clinic rooms. There is also dedicated admin support for the team. The Bethlem Hospital is one of the oldest psychiatric hospitals in the world. Its current iteration is its third location in its history. The Bethlem Hospital benefits from expansive grounds, woodland areas, a hospital garden, and a renowned museum.

Both Central Community teams provide a service Monday to Friday between the hours of 9 am -5 pm (excluding bank holidays). Monthly reflective practice sessions are open to all staff members. The team also has an excellent training record for doctors in postgraduate training and student nurses. The teams have a strong management structure, including a Clinical Service Lead and Community Matron who supports quality and safety. Both teams operate from Jeanette Wallace House (JWH) in central Croydon. JWH is a modern, spacious and light 8-floor purpose-built office suite with a mix of private and open-plan spaces. The building has clinical rooms and assessment rooms on the ground floor which can be booked by all staff members. Also in JWH are other Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) in Croydon as well as services like Croydon Talking Therapies, the Croydon AMHP service and Medical HR.

Person specification

Essential and Desirable

• Fully Registered Medical Practitioner with Licence to Practice in the UK.
• Experience of working in the NHS for at least two years or any non-NHS medical work with a separate post graduate degree in a relevant subject.
• Experience in psychiatric settings.
• Experience of being involved in management and Quality Improvement activities.
• Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students and staff of other disciplines.
• Research experience within medicine.

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 been 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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name: Dr Andrew Howe
Job title: Medical Lead for Recruitment Innovation - Croydon
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 0203 228 0511