Consultant Psychiatrist - Intellectual Disabilities | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 July 2025 |
| Location: | Beckenham, BR3 3BX |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7106060/334-CRY-7106060-JA |
Summary
The primary duties of this 8 PA consultant psychiatrist post is to provide clinical care for the patient on the caseload as the Responsible Clinician. The post holder will conduct outpatient clinics and home visits, attend CPA reviews, and carry out liaison work with GPs, multi-disciplinary colleagues from the Croydon Community Learning Disability Team and other mental health services. The post holder will provide clinical cross cover for the other Trust MHLD consultants and vice versa. The post holder will be employed by the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.
1) To provide expert assessment of mental health in people with learning disabilities.
2) To provide patients, referrers and carers with diagnostic and management advice;
3) To promote and develop best practice in the management of adults with learning disabilities and mental health problems, locally, regionally and nationally;
4) To make contemporaneous clinical notes on the electronic patient record system employed by the Trust and adhere to Trust/service requirements for electronic record keeping, including prompt verbal and written clinical and medico-legal communications;
5) To lead the MDT in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment options, including liaison with the patient, carers and the wider multi-disciplinary team;
6) To appropriately escalate patients ‘at risk’ to the Dynamic Support Register, which is led by the local Integrated Care Board.
7) To facilitate admission and discharge pathways of patients with learning disabilities who require mental health admission, either into adult mental health wards or into specialist inpatient services, working with the MDT, patients, carers, referrers and commissioners to ensure effective processes and good communication.
The Trust delivers Mental Health in Learning Disabilities (MHLD) services across the boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark and Croydon. These underwent revision and modernisation to ensure a flexible local service response and to make best use of expertise across boroughs. The Trust’s MHLD services are linked with the Estia Centre, which is a training, learning and development hub for staff as well as a resource for adults with learning disabilities and additional mental health needs.
Our MHLD and wider neurodevelopmental services, were rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission.
· The post-holder will be an integral part of the team involved in developing our neurodevelopmental disorders services. There is a highly supportive peer group.
· They will take part in clinical and organisational meetings, including CLDT MDT meeting, joint CLDT-MHLD dementia meeting, and mortality review.
· Please note that if the balance of clinical activity changes the consultant may be required to alter the balance of the components of this post. This would only take place after discussion with the relevant clinical and managerial leads.
· The post holder will be expected to lead research. It is essential that they provide clinical and academic support to the ongoing research projects and facilitate the work of others, as appropriate. The post holder will be expected to actively contribute to the research agenda of the Clinical Academic Group.
· The Behavioural and Developmental CAG undertakes a wide range of training activities both within and without the organisation. The post holder will be encouraged to become involved in sharing and developing their expertise as appropriate.
· The post-holder will be expected to initiate, participate and implement clinical quality improvement projects on a range of matters relating to quality of service delivery and outcome.
· The post-holder will participate in disseminating knowledge about our service and our clinical/research outcomes.
· The consultant will need to be approved under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and be able to take up Approved Clinician and responsibilities.
Managerial responsibilities
· This will be monitored through monthly Performance Meetings.
· The post holder will collaboratively assess the needs of service users, maintain records associated with this process, provide further follow-up, and communicate with local agencies.
· The post-holder will assist with co-ordinating the clinical activities of the service and support the multidisciplinary team across the Directorate to further develop the assessment and treatment of patients referred to the service.
· The post-holder will take part in other clinical and organisational meetings, including the service business meeting, leadership meetings, and the Medical Advisory Committee. as required (for example business meetings).
· The post-holder will take part in the Trust clinical governance programme, including active involvement in clinical audit, assessment of untoward incidents, and complaints management.
· The post holder will be expected to access appropriate activity data through systems authorised by the Trust. Adequate training will be provided.
· The post holder will be provided access to senior clinical and operational leads for regular supervision.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Jun 2025