Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist - Croydon CMHT for Older Adults

Clinical responsibilities will be to provide shared senior medical leadership to Croydon CMHT for older adults (jointly with the other 2 consultants).
The post-holder will be Responsible Clinician for patients in the southern sector of the borough.
The post-holder will provide senior medical input to the multi-disciplinary team, take part in regular meetings of the team, provide senior psychiatric advice regarding diagnosis and the development of appropriate treatment plans.
Most of the new assessments are undertaken by other members of the MDT and discussed in team meetings. The post holder will undertake new assessments when required, especially those patients with a more complex presentation likely to require a consultant opinion.
The post-holder will be expected to provide supervision to the other medical members of the team in line with Royal College of Psychiatrists requirements and the Trust's Supervision policy. They will support the team manager in evaluating the performance of the team and be part of quality improvement work going on in the Team.
The post holder will participate in the MHOA consultant on-call rota, providing consultant advice/ support to on-call core and specialist trainees when they see older adults patients . The rota is approximately 1 in 22. The post holder will be expected to be part of reciprocal consultant cover arrangements in Croydon CMHT for older adults.

Working for our organisation
The post holder will work in a well-established multidisciplinary team with junior medical cover. There is dedicated office space as well as admin support.
The post holder is expected to take advantage of opportunities for innovative service development, quality improvement and management/leadership development in the directorate as well as within the Trust. There are ample opportunities for educational, academic and managerial roles. There are also opportunities for 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 its own biomedical research centre, hosted jointly with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at KCL., A more detailed job description is attached. There is support for newly appointed consultants in the StartWell group. As part of this the post holder will have the opportunity of having a more senior consultant as a mentor.
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
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+ 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
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South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) is looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic substantive Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist to join the southern part of Croydon Older Adults Community Mental Health Team. This post has arisen due to the current post holder leaving.

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., Croydon Older Adults Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) is one of the four older adult CMHTs in SLaM. The older adults services are part of the PMOA (Psychological Medicine and Older Adults) Directorate.
Croydon Older Adults Community Mental Health Team provides care and treatment to older adults residing in Croydon with both functional and organic mental health problems requiring secondary care input. The hours of operation are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. There is a full complement of multi-professionals and higher trainee psychiatrists. The post holder will work alongside another 2 consultants (covering other sectors within the borough).