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

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 53,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Junior Clinical Fellow for a Locum Appointment in their Psychiatric Mother & Baby Unit. The role involves working with a multidisciplinary team to manage severe psychiatric illnesses in women during pregnancy and postpartum. Candidates must be registered with the General Medical Council and have completed Foundation Training. Opportunities for research and teaching available.

Qualifications

• Experience in post registration house jobs in the UK.
• Ability to relate with non-medical staff effectively.
• Ability to manage time and prioritise workload.
• Experience of working with Black and Minority Ethnic populations.

Responsibilities

• Working with a multidisciplinary team in a Psychiatric Mother & Baby Unit.
• Involved in assessment and management of women with severe psychiatric illnesses.
• Participate in ward rounds and ensure clinical documentation is completed.

Skills

Knowledge of current issues in psychiatry

Interest in psychiatry

Ability to get on with colleagues

Experience in inpatient psychiatry

Experience of working in the NHS

Education

Fully registered with the General Medical Council

Certificate of completion of Foundation Programme

Postgraduate qualification in medical or related spheres

Job description

Go back South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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

The closing date is 02 October 2025

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.

Main duties of the job

• 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.
• 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.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

• 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oFully registered with the General Medical Council (A)
• oCertificate of completion of Foundation Programme (FY1 and FY2) (A/I)
• oResearch at undergraduate or postgraduate level (A)
• oTraining in psychiatry (A)
• oExperience in post registration house jobs in the UK (A/I)
• oAbility to relate with non-medical staff effectively (A/I)
• o Ability to gain confidence of patients (A/I)
• oAbility to manage time and prioritise workload (A/I)
• oExperience of working with Black and Minority Ethnic populations (A)
• oPostgraduate qualification in medical or related spheres (A)

Knowledge / Skills

• oKnowledge of current issues in psychiatry (A/I)
• oInterest in psychiatry and desire to explore this career option (A/I)
• oWilling to take instruction and work flexibly (A/I)
• oAbility to get on with colleagues (I)
• o Experience in inpatient psychiatry (A)
• oExperience of working in the NHS (A)
• oPrevious evidence of an interest in, or a commitment to, psychiatry (A/I)
• oCommitment to working with members of the ethnic minority populations (A)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Perinatal Inpatient, Mother and Baby Unit

Depending on experience£52,656 per annum

Contract

Locum

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

334-PMOA-7397934-JA

Job locations

Perinatal Inpatient, Mother and Baby Unit