Consultant Psychiatrist - CMHT Lewisham

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM) are looking for two dynamic, forward thinking, enthusiastic, full time, substantive Consultant Psychiatrists to lead a Community Mental health team in the London Borough of Lewisham. If you are looking for an exciting frontline role, within an established community mental health team, with opportunities to work closely with Primary care partners and lead on further service development and incorporating quality improvement methodology to evaluate changes, then this is the ideal post for you. You will be providing input for the Primary Care Mental Health Team and the Community Mental Health Team in Lewisham's Neighbourhood 1 (N1). You will be supported by a range of MDT staff including another 10 PA full time substantive consultant (being recruited), a GP trainee and a Higher Trainee for who you will be named clinical supervisor., The main duties of the consultant are to provide psychiatry consultant leadership and to act as Approved Clinician to the two Neighbourhood Teams - the Primary Care Mental Health Team and the Community Mental Health Team, and to support the Clinical Service Lead. Close liaison with primary care will be a key part of the role. You will need to work directly with GPs and will need to attend regular meetings with local practices to improve the primary / secondary care interface and enhance the ability of medical colleagues working in primary care (Lead consultant in neighbourhood to take on this role)

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as leadership, mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership, and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars