Employer: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: St Thomas' Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Closing: 07/10/2024 23:59
Consultant
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, Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth, and Richmond.
We are committed to providing high-quality and specialist care to our service users and are recognized for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission 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 have 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 recognizes 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 an asset to the Trust.
Our 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.
Job overview
As a result of retirement, we are looking to recruit a full-time consultant psychiatrist for the older adult liaison service at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership to the older adult liaison team and specialist advice to the medical and surgical teams at GSTT.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the post holder are to provide older adult liaison psychiatry consultant leadership, work with the team leader to deliver high-quality care for patients under the care of the liaison team, see older adult patients in the Emergency Department and wards of both hospital sites, review patients, and provide advice to the MDT on patients seen by them. The post holder will provide clinical cover for other liaison consultants during leave and vice versa. The post holder will act as Responsible Clinician for any older adults detained to wards at either GSTT site.
Working for our organisation
Although the post holder is based at GSTT, they will be employed by South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for detailed information.
The clinical component of the job (10 sessions, including 7.5 direct clinical care sessions and 2.5 supporting professional activities sessions) is to provide liaison services to older adult patients at Guy’s Hospital and St Thomas’ Hospital. The post holder will be employed by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, but will also be expected to hold an honorary clinical contract with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, as a King’s Health Partners ‘passport’.
Person specification
Qualifications
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists qualification in liaison psychiatry, home treatment, or addictions
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management
- Experience in other relevant specialties such as inpatient psychiatry
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Evidence for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within six months of gaining CCT in older adult psychiatry
- Section 12 and Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within three months of appointment
Skills, knowledge and experience
- Evidence of excellent knowledge in specialty
- 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
- Evidence of a range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to the post within NHS or comparable service
Academic Skills and lifelong learning
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Participated in research or service evaluation
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
- 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 for patients
The Trust is committed to providing services that embrace diversity and 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
Please note:
- All applications for this post will need to be made online
- You must read and understand the Job Description and Personal 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 the vacancy may close earlier should a 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
- If you have not 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
- If you are successful and appointed, you authorize 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.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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