Specialty Doctor Psychiatry - Lambeth Crisis team | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £59,175 - £95,400 per annum, £2162 London allowance |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 June 2025 |
| Location: | LONDON, SW9 9NU |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7169587/334-LAM-7169587-CC |
Summary
Specialty Doctor Psychiatry - Lambeth Home Treatment Team and Crisis Outreach Service
Contract type - Fixed Term (6-12 months)
Applications are invited for a Specialty doctor post with Lambeth Home Treatment Team & Crisis Outreach Service. This is a full-time fixed-term post currently based at Lambeth Hospital site with a plan for service relocation to a community site on Brixton Road in late 2025 / early 2026. The post is for 9am-5pm with no on-call responsibilities. It is a well-established role in a well supported team with two consultants, two other part time trust grade doctors and resident doctors. The post is becoming available as the current incumbent is moving on. A full induction programme will be provided. Post will be initially for a period of 6 months with possibility of extension to 12 months or beyond.
Lambeth Home Treatment Team (HTT) and Crisis Outreach Service (COS) Specialty Doctor will provide senior medical input into the Lambeth HTT and COS. This will involve assessment and treatment of patients under these teams and working within the MDTs involved which support and treat patients in crisis in the community along side facilitating early discharge from local inpatient wards and diverting patients from local A&E departments as an alternative to hospital admission.
The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is one of 3 Foundation Trusts within Kings Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre and is committed to innovation, effective interventions and improved service user outcomes. As well as providing excellent mental health services for the local community. The Trust is committed to maintaining its national status as a provider of specialist mental health services for people living across the UK.
• provide enthusiastic, flexible, senior medical input for Lambeth HTT & COS alongside the other speciality doctors, resident doctors and consultants
• assess and manage patients with the multidisciplinary teams, devise appropriate treatment plans and medication regimes, providing a prompt medical response
• ensure excellence in the delivery of evidence-based treatments
• act as a source of support, advice and information to patients, carers, referrers, other team members and other professionals
• undertake responsibilities under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983 as needed
• keep up-to-date with developments in research and treatment around acute care pathways and inpatient mental health care
• develop strong working relationships with outside stakeholders, notably GPs, local authority social services, housing providers and local voluntary organisations including our Lambeth Alliance partners
• work flexibly with other teams at SLaM, other mental health trusts, and the voluntary sector to ensure good coordination of care
• contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, as well as for the wider training and educational activities in the multidisciplinary team
This advert closes on Monday 2 Jun 2025
Contract type - Fixed Term (6-12 months)
Applications are invited for a Specialty doctor post with Lambeth Home Treatment Team & Crisis Outreach Service. This is a full-time fixed-term post currently based at Lambeth Hospital site with a plan for service relocation to a community site on Brixton Road in late 2025 / early 2026. The post is for 9am-5pm with no on-call responsibilities. It is a well-established role in a well supported team with two consultants, two other part time trust grade doctors and resident doctors. The post is becoming available as the current incumbent is moving on. A full induction programme will be provided. Post will be initially for a period of 6 months with possibility of extension to 12 months or beyond.
Lambeth Home Treatment Team (HTT) and Crisis Outreach Service (COS) Specialty Doctor will provide senior medical input into the Lambeth HTT and COS. This will involve assessment and treatment of patients under these teams and working within the MDTs involved which support and treat patients in crisis in the community along side facilitating early discharge from local inpatient wards and diverting patients from local A&E departments as an alternative to hospital admission.
The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is one of 3 Foundation Trusts within Kings Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre and is committed to innovation, effective interventions and improved service user outcomes. As well as providing excellent mental health services for the local community. The Trust is committed to maintaining its national status as a provider of specialist mental health services for people living across the UK.
• provide enthusiastic, flexible, senior medical input for Lambeth HTT & COS alongside the other speciality doctors, resident doctors and consultants
• assess and manage patients with the multidisciplinary teams, devise appropriate treatment plans and medication regimes, providing a prompt medical response
• ensure excellence in the delivery of evidence-based treatments
• act as a source of support, advice and information to patients, carers, referrers, other team members and other professionals
• undertake responsibilities under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983 as needed
• keep up-to-date with developments in research and treatment around acute care pathways and inpatient mental health care
• develop strong working relationships with outside stakeholders, notably GPs, local authority social services, housing providers and local voluntary organisations including our Lambeth Alliance partners
• work flexibly with other teams at SLaM, other mental health trusts, and the voluntary sector to ensure good coordination of care
• contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, as well as for the wider training and educational activities in the multidisciplinary team
This advert closes on Monday 2 Jun 2025