Consultant Psychiatrist in South East Focussed Support Team inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED
THU 7 NOV 2024
The position also includes participation in the senior leadership of the South East Living Well Centre, covering for fellow clinicians as needed, and fulfilling on-call duties. Additionally, the role involves providing educational support for medical trainees while benefiting from mentorship within the StartWell group. The position promises to integrate clinical expertise with community care, aimed at fostering holistic mental health support.
South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) is looking to recruit a Substantive Consultant Psychiatrist for the South East Focussed Support Team. This isan integrated medium to long-term support service -comprisingclinical, social care and voluntary sector staff - thatprovidesmultidisciplinary assessment and support. Embedded in local communities and developing strong links to the local Primary Care Networks, the teamsupport people to recover, stay well, make their ownchoicesandparticipatein the community.
Along with the co-consultants and senior colleagues in the South East Living Well Centre, the post holder will co-lead the team which is multi-disciplinary and comprised with both conventional and new workforce.
The team normally has 15 new referrals per month, among which approximately half of them are eventually accepted and transferred to the team. The team discharge about 12 patients per month on average to the primary care or another team within or out of the borough. The overall caseload for the team is around 280-290 patients, for which the post holder will share responsibilities for oversight of care by the co-consultant. There are 2-4 urgent assessments per week with the duty team and a doctor within the service or care coordinator for the patient in crisis. The post holder will carry out 8-10 scheduled reviews per week, which are a combination of CPA reviews and medical reviews.
The main clinical duties are to provide senior medical input as consultant psychiatrist / Approved Clinician for the patients treated under the South East Focussed Support Team, and to be part of the joint senior leadership for the team and South East Living Well Centre. There is 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 Lambeth during working hours.
The post holder will provide out-of-hour senior medical input as per the Lambeth consultant on-call rota (1:22) with a category 'B' 1% banding supplement.
As for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, one full-time CT is placed in the team; one of the co-consultant is currently their Clinical Supervisor. There are year 3 medical students of King's College London allocated to the team for their longitudinal placements.
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More detailed job description, main responsibilities and person specifications are found in the attached document.
There is support for newly appointed consultants in the StartWell group. As part of this the post holder will have the opportunity of having a more senior consultant as a mentor.
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