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Consultant Psychiatrist- Adult Mental Health Service - 8PAs - Permanent

The post provides consultant medical leadership and support to the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). The post holder would provide senior medical input into Dulwich Neighbourhood. This is to enable continuity of care across the neighbourhood with a focus on good working
relationships with GPs.

Main duties of the job

- to provide clinical care and medical leadership to community team and work collaboratively with MDT to provide person centred care

- to manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust's personnel policies and procedures.

- To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively using SLaM's ePJS (electronic patient journey system)

- To undertake the administrative duties and record keeping associated with the care of patients

- To work flexibly and creatively as part of a multidisciplinary team promoting informed risk taking and anti-discriminatory practice

- To communicate clearly and effectively with staff of all major disciplines concerned with the provision of mental health care

- To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service

- To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management

- To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.

The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC). KHP is responsible for seeing 2 million patients each year, has 25,000
employees and 19,500 students, and a £2 billion annual turnover. It brings together the best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence and world-class teaching to deliver groundbreaking advances in physical and mental healthcare. See www.kingshealthpartners.org

The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is committed to innovation, effective interventions and improved service user outcomes. It has 230 community, inpatient and outpatientbased services. The Trust has a broad range of staff in all disciplines with the widest range of skills
and interests that provides many opportunities for new consultants to thrive and develop. It provides mental health services to the people of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Croydon, as well as substance misuse services for people in Lambeth, Bexley, Greenwich and Wandsworth, and specialist CAMHS services for Kent. We also provide tertiary specialist services to people from across the UK and have a number of partnerships with clinical services and educational programme in
Europe, the Middle East and China,

The Trust's core value states that 'everything we do is to improve the experience of people using our services and to promote mental health and wellbeing for all'.