Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry - CMHT N4 Team

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Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry - CMHT N4 Team

The closing date is 27 October 2025

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM) are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Primary mental health care teams in Neighbourhood 4 within the London Borough of Lewisham. This is being advertised as a fixed term post.

If you are looking for an exciting clinical role, within established primary care mental health teams, with opportunities to work closely with Primary care partners and lead on further service development and incorporating quality improvement methodology to evaluate changes, then this is the ideal post for you.

Number of programmed activities: 6 (4.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA)

For more details regarding the post please see the advertisement / Job description attached.

Main duties of the job

To provide enthusiastic, and flexible, joint clinical leadership and consultant input into the team, alongside the Clinical Service Lead

To provide consultant input into the Primary Care Mental Health Team, using your expertise to provide advice, liaising closely with GPs and other stakeholders, and providing assessment of complex presentations and creating appropriate management plans

o To offer expert risk assessment and management skills of patients newly referred to services

o To ensure excellence in the delivery of evidence-based treatments

o To act as a source of support, advice and information to current or prospective patients and their carers, referrers, team members and other professionals.

For further details please refer to the attached JD.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

The main duties of the consultant are to provide psychiatry consultant leadership to the Primary Care Mental Health Team, and to support the Clinical Service Lead.

Close liaison with primary care will be a key part of the role. You will need to work directly with GPs and will need to attend regular meetings with local practices to improve the primary / secondary care interface and enhance the ability of medical colleagues working in primary care (Lead consultant in neighbourhood to take on this role).

You will be expected to provide consultant input for the Primary Care Mental Health team for two and a half days per week and the remainder of the week.

The post holder will be expected to provide clinical cover for other Lewisham borough consultants and vice versa.

In conjunction with the Team Leader, will help to represent the unit at CAG and care pathway meetings and other internal and external meetings where needed.

To provide reciprocal Approved Clinician cover including under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act for the leave, study leave and sickness of senior medical staff in Lewisham during working hours.

To keep up-to-date with all developments in research and treatment around acute care pathways and inpatient mental health care To develop strong working relationships with outside stakeholders, notably GPs, local authority social services, housing providers and local voluntary organisations.

To undertake responsibilities as an approved clinician under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983 as needed.

For further details please refer to attached JD.

Person Specification

• 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
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• Approved clinician status and under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Qualification or higher 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 relevant specialties such as in patient, old age psychiatry, liaison psychiatry, home treatment or addictions

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• 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
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

• 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
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
• 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

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

Jenner Health Practice and N4, Community Mental Health Team 1A Churchdown, Downham, BR1 5PS

Depending on experience £109,725 - £145,478 per annum per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

334-LEW JA

Job locations

Jenner Health Practice and N4, Community Mental Health Team 1A Churchdown, Downham, BR1 5PS