Locum Appointment - Junior Clinical Fellow (CT1-2 equiv)

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a dedicated professional to work in a Psychiatric Mother & Baby Unit. The role includes assessing and managing women with severe psychiatric illnesses during pregnancy and postpartum. Candidates will enhance skills in biological treatments and psychological interventions while working with a multidisciplinary team. The position offers opportunities for research, teaching, and overseeing audits. This position's educational objective is to ensure competence in managing acutely unwell patients and understanding parent-infant relationships.

Qualifications

• Competence in assessing and managing patients acutely unwell in late pregnancy.
• Understanding of infant development and parent-infant relationship.
• Experience in prescribing during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Responsibilities

• Work with a multidisciplinary team in a Mother & Baby Unit.
• Participate in psychological or psychotherapeutic treatments.
• Document ward rounds and ensure clinical documentation is completed.

Skills

Biological treatments

Psychological interventions

Children and adult safeguarding

Job description

A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

The resident will work in a Psychiatric Mother & Baby Unit, working with a multidisciplinary team. They will be involved in the assessment and management of women with a range of severe psychiatric illness through pregnancy and postpartum period. This will include admission, review, participation to psychological or psychotherapeutic treatments. The post holder will participate in, and document ward rounds and ensure the appropriate clinical documentation is completed upon discharge. They will liaise with allied professionals where involved.

• Opportunity to enhance skills in biological treatments
• Prescribing during pregnancy and breast feeding.
• Psychological interventions, working alongside developmental psychologist and adult psychologist, as well as other disciplines.
• May run groups.
• Enhance knowledge of children and adult safeguarding, as well as wide exposure to the use of the Mental Health Act, tribunals and court attendance.
• Some out patients experience also available during post.
• Opportunities to undertake audit, quality improvement outcome measures, research and teaching.

The Perinatal Mental Health Service accepts referrals from Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Croydon Boroughs, as well as accepting referrals from other Trusts nationally.

The primary educational objective of this post is for the post-holder to become competent in the assessment and management of patients who become acutely unwell in late pregnancy and first postnatal year, with a view to learning about infant development and parent-infant relationship.

• Opportunity to enhance skills in biological treatments
• Prescribing during pregnancy and breast feeding.
• Psychological interventions, working alongside developmental psychologist and adult psychologist, as well as other disciplines.
• Trainee may run groups.
• Enhance knowledge of children and adult safeguarding, as well as wide exposure to the use of the Mental Health Act, tribunals and court attendance.
• Some out patients experience also available during post.
• Opportunities to undertake audit, quality improvement outcome measures, research and teaching.

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025