Psychologist & Community Psychiatric Nurses

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

Job summary

A leading mental health provider in the UK is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Lambeth Community Forensic Team. This role involves participation in teaching programs and requires excellent psychiatric knowledge along with strong communication and liaison skills. Candidates will have the opportunity to develop special interests, contributing to a supportive environment focused on delivering high-quality care. The position offers a chance to be part of a dedicated team making a tangible impact on mental health services.

Qualifications

• Suitable for candidates with a special interest in psychiatry.
• Participation in teaching programs encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Join an active teaching program for the Forensic Directorate.
• Teach psychiatrists-in-training and medical students.
• Support community forensic teams.

Skills

Good communication skills

Excellent psychiatric knowledge

Liaison skills

Understanding of health inequality issues

Job description

Job Summary

The job plan is 10 PAs including 2.5 sessions for Supporting Professional Activities. Please refer to JD for more details.

This post will suit someone with good communication and liaison skills and excellent psychiatric knowledge. Candidates with a special interest will be supported to develop this as part of their role.

The Trust

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.

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.

Team

The Lambeth Community Forensic Team is one of four borough‑based community forensic teams in South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. It is made up of two part time and two full‑time Consultant Psychiatrists (including this post), a full‑time Senior Trainee in Forensic Psychiatry, a part‑time SAS doctor, a full‑time Team Leader, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, a Senior Psychologist, 5 Community Psychiatric Nurses, an Out of Area placement coordinator and a Senior Administrator.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

There is an active teaching programme conducted for the Forensic Directorate at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience on Friday mornings and the successful applicant would be encouraged to participate. In addition, there are opportunities to teach psychiatrists‑in‑training and medical students as well other multi‑disciplinary staff. Candidates with an understanding of health inequality issues are particularly encouraged to apply.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.

Application process

• All applications for this post will need to be made online.
• You read and understand the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.