• Job Description

  Req#: C9334-25-0480?language=en&page=428&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job 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.

  Main duties of the job

  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.

  About us

  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.

  Details

  Date posted

  19 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Specialty Doctor

  Salary

  £59,175 to £95,400 a year per annum, £2162 London allowance

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  6 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  334-LAM-7169587-CC

  Job locations

  Orchard House, Lambeth Hospital

  108 Landor Road

  LONDON

  SW9 9NU

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  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

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  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

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent
  • GMC full registration
  • Section 12 approval within 3 months of appointment

  Desirable

  • RCPsych or equivalent membership
  • Post grad qualification in relevant area

  Experience

  Essential

  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
  • Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Experience of multi disciplinary working

  Desirable

  • Experience in relevant specialities such as addictions, liaison and rehabilitation

  Academic skills and QI

  Essential

  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
  • Up to date participation in continuous professional development
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes

  Desirable

  • Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
  • Has led quality improvement projects leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent
  • GMC full registration
  • Section 12 approval within 3 months of appointment

  Desirable

  • RCPsych or equivalent membership
  • Post grad qualification in relevant area

  Experience

  Essential

  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
  • Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Experience of multi disciplinary working

  Desirable

  • Experience in relevant specialities such as addictions, liaison and rehabilitation

  Academic skills and QI

  Essential

  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
  • Up to date participation in continuous professional development
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes

  Desirable

  • Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
  • Has led quality improvement projects leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Orchard House, Lambeth Hospital

  108 Landor Road

  LONDON

  SW9 9NU

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Orchard House, Lambeth Hospital

  108 Landor Road

  LONDON

  SW9 9NU

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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