Locum LAS (ST4-6 level) in Mental Health Learning Disability
| Posting date: | 16 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Location: | Camberwell, SE5 8AZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | C9334-25-0923 |
Summary
The Locum doctor will work in the community team for adults with intellectual disability and mental illness and/or significant challenging behaviour within the London borough of Southwark. They will be part of a multidisciplinary team made up of Psychiatrists, Nurses, Psychologists and Behaviour Support workers. They will assess patients for follow-up or initial assessments at various sites including Maudsley Hospital, day centres and the patients home/care home. They are also expected to liaise with inpatient mental health units and with acute medical departments when patients accessing the team are admitted to inpatient units. The doctor will participate in the MDT meetings including professionals meetings, weekly clinical team meetings, risk management meetings and other meetings as may be clinically relevant. A caseload is assigned to the doctor under close supervision from the consultant psychiatrist.