Specialty DoctorinLewishaminLewishamPUBLISHED MON 10 MAR 2025
In this exciting 12-month fixed-term role, you’ll have the chance to enhance your clinical skills through comprehensive assessments and treatment planning, all while contributing to quality improvement and research initiatives. We're open to candidates who may not be available for the full year—if you can offer at least six months, we'd love to hear from you. Embrace the opportunity to help shape the future of mental health care in our supportive environment, where your contributions truly matter. Join us in making a meaningful impact in the community while advancing your career in an inspiring and nurturing setting.
Are you a Psychiatric trainee or specialty doctor looking for an exciting role in London that combines clinical work with opportunities for research and quality improvement, with no on call commitments?
We have an opening for a full-time specialty doctor in our well established Core 24 All age Liaison team, within the London Borough of Lewisham. The team are part of the renowned South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation trust and part of the Liaison network.
This is a 10 PA (full time) , 12-month fixed term specialty doctor role, based within University Hospital Lewisham. We will be happy to consider applications from candidates who can only commit to less than 12 months, ideally at least 6 months. You will work from 9 am to 5 pm , weekdays only, with no on call commitments, although there will be opportunities for you to do locum shifts if you wish to help cover gaps in our on call rota.
For further details please refer to attached advertisement.
The main duties of this post are to provide liaison psychiatry input to the Liaison psychiatry team in Lewisham. This post will strengthen the Urgent and Emergency Care pathway, as well as supporting the expanding liaison psychiatry service in the Emergency Department and UHL acute hospital wards.
The post holder's core clinical work will include providing psychiatric input to patients in UHL. Types of assessment include a comprehensive psychiatric assessment for those who present with self-harm, psychological reaction to physical illness, medically unexplained symptoms, psychiatric disorders co-morbid with physical disorders, drug and alcohol use and assessment of mental capacity for those who have complex needs. The post holder will need to use the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act confidently and effectively in an acute hospital.
For further details please refer to attached JD
About us
To provide Specialty Doctor input to the Lewisham Liaison team
To take responsibility for Liaison Psychiatry Team patients, assessing or supervising assessment of patients and devising or helping to devise appropriate treatment plans and medication regimes and providing prompt medical response for those patients under and to work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
To undertake responsibilities as a Psychiatrist approved under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983 as needed in the ED and wards at UHL.
To work flexibly and creatively as part of a multidisciplinary team promoting informed risk taking and anti-discriminatory practice
To work flexibly with other teams at UHL, and across SLaM and other mental health trusts, to ensure good transitions of care for patients at UHL.
Annual leave will be agreed with the line manager (Liaison Consultant) and communicated promptly to the Team Manager.
To participate in the framework of Clinical Governance
For further details please refer to attached JD.
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