Consultant Psychiatrist - Fitzmary 1 ward (female acute)
| Posting date: | 28 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 February 2026 |
| Location: | Beckenham, BR3 3BX |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7691204/334-CRY-7691204-JA |
Summary
A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a substantive post for Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry to work on Fitzmary 1 ward. FM1 isa female ward based at Bethlem Royal Hospital that focuses on providing treatment and support to women that are experiencing an acute mental health crisis.The post has become available following the relocation of the long-term post holder. The post is full-time for 10 sessions a week (working hours are 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday). The successful candidate willprovide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team and oversee the delivery of individualised care for all patients admitted to the ward. The role requires collaboration with the ward team, families, and external agencies to ensure safe and effective management of acute mental health conditions, focusing on recovery-oriented approaches and timely discharge planning.The successful will also be part of an active Consultant body and will join the Borough Consultants on call rota.
The post holder will have leadership responsibilities for the service and will be the RC for patients the patients admitted to the ward. The post holder will conduct regular psychiatric reviews and contribute to care planning meetings of patients under their care. There will be a need to support community and other inpatient colleagues, write tribunal reports, and attend tribunals as required.The post-holder will forge good working relationships with other psychiatrists across the Directorate in order to encourage appropriate admissions, prompt discharges and assure a cooperative approach to the care of patients. They will be linked in with other Consultants and, if necessary, supported to join peer groups.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK across four South London Boroughs: Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark. The Trust is part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC). The Trust has 230 community, inpatient, and outpatient-based 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.
Please see the attached detailed Job description and Person specification for any further information.
Do not hesitate to contact Dr Serena Lai should you wish to discuss the post further.
This advert closes on Monday 26 Jan 2026
This is a substantive post for Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry to work on Fitzmary 1 ward. FM1 isa female ward based at Bethlem Royal Hospital that focuses on providing treatment and support to women that are experiencing an acute mental health crisis.The post has become available following the relocation of the long-term post holder. The post is full-time for 10 sessions a week (working hours are 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday). The successful candidate willprovide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team and oversee the delivery of individualised care for all patients admitted to the ward. The role requires collaboration with the ward team, families, and external agencies to ensure safe and effective management of acute mental health conditions, focusing on recovery-oriented approaches and timely discharge planning.The successful will also be part of an active Consultant body and will join the Borough Consultants on call rota.
The post holder will have leadership responsibilities for the service and will be the RC for patients the patients admitted to the ward. The post holder will conduct regular psychiatric reviews and contribute to care planning meetings of patients under their care. There will be a need to support community and other inpatient colleagues, write tribunal reports, and attend tribunals as required.The post-holder will forge good working relationships with other psychiatrists across the Directorate in order to encourage appropriate admissions, prompt discharges and assure a cooperative approach to the care of patients. They will be linked in with other Consultants and, if necessary, supported to join peer groups.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK across four South London Boroughs: Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark. The Trust is part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC). The Trust has 230 community, inpatient, and outpatient-based 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.
Please see the attached detailed Job description and Person specification for any further information.
Do not hesitate to contact Dr Serena Lai should you wish to discuss the post further.
This advert closes on Monday 26 Jan 2026