Consultant Psychiatrist in Eden ward

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 and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already 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 get 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 recognises 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 as 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

South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) is looking to recruit a Consultant Psychiatrist for Eden ward in Lambeth Hospital on a 12-month fixed contract. This is to cover long-term sickness of the post holder.

The successful applicant will not only take part and co-lead a range of exciting improvement work for the ward and acute inpatient pathways, but also take an integral role alongside the other inpatient consultants and senior operational and nursing colleagues to design and realise the Lambeth Hospital Decant Programme, which is currently scheduled in 2025.

Eden ward is a Trust-wide 10 bedded male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). It is situated in Lambeth Hospital alongside five acute inpatient wards and one inpatient rehabilitation unit.

In the Trust there are two other male PICUs with 10 beds each, and a single ten bedded female PICU for patients in general adult services, providing a total capacity of 30 male and 10 female PICU beds.

Main duties of the job

The main clinical duties are to provide senior medical input as consultant psychiatrist / Approved Clinician for the patients treated in Eden ward. There is reciprocal Approved Clinician cover including under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act for the leave, study leave and sickness of senior medical staff in Lambeth during working hours.

The post holder has an option to join the Lambeth consultant on-call rota (1:21) with a category ‘B’ 1% banding supplement.

As for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, one 0.5wte speciality doctor (to be increased to 1wte shortly) and one CT are allocated to the service and the post holder will be the Clinical Supervisor.

Alongside all the other inpatient acute wards and intensive care unit in Lambeth Hospital, the Eden ward will be relocated to the New Douglas Bennett House in Maudsley Hospital later in 2025. The successful candidate is expected to take a co-leadership role for these changes with the ward manager, inpatient leadership and Directorate Leadership Team.

Working for our organisation

The LWNA is the first Alliance in the country to provide whole system mental health care for working age adults with innovation, co-production and populations needs at the centre of service development and delivery.

The post holder will take advantage of all the opportunities of innovative service development, quality improvement and management / leadership development in the LWNA as well as within the Trust. There are ample opportunities for educational and academic roles and collaborations as SLaM is part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre and also the only mental health trust in the UK to have our own biomedical research centre, hosted jointly with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at KCL.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

More detailed job description and responsibilities are found in the attached document. N.B. the JD is for a substantive job role. For further queries, please make an enquiry.

Person specification

Qualifications

• GMC specialist registration
• CCT in general adult psychiatry or equivalent
• s12/AC approval

• MRCPsych / FRCPsych or equivalent
• Qualification or higher degree in relevant fields

Skills

• Wide-ranging knowledge and clinical expertise in bio-psycho-social assessment, treatment and management of patients with complex mental health conditions in PICU
• Knowledge and experience in acute psychiatry pathways and management of patients with high clinical needs and risks
• Knowledge and experience in medico-legal matters and forensic liaison

• Experience of work in different cultural contexts
• Sensitivity to issues of health inequity and diversity
• Commitment to reduce restrictive practice

ACADEMIC SKILLS

• Ability to deliver postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to use and appraise clinical evidence
• Active participation in clinical audit and quality improvement

• Qualification in medical education
• Experience of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching
• Has led QI projects leading to service change or improved patient outcome

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement

• Experience of multi-agency collaboration

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that 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:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you 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
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That 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
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That 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’