Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry - Rehab ward

Pending College Approval

This is a substantive post for Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry to work in Westways Rehab ward. This is a specialist rehabilitation unit based at Bethlem Royal Hospital that focuses on the rehabilitation of adults with complex and severe mental health issues, typically requiring long-term treatment.

The post has become available following the relocation of the long-term post holder. The post is part-time for 6 sessions a week (working hours are 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday).

The successful candidate will play a multifaceted role in providing specialised mental health care, ensuring that patients receive comprehensive rehabilitation support in preparation for their return into the community.

They will also be part of an active Consultant body and will join the Borough Consultants on call rota.

Main duties of the job

The post-holders will provide Consultant clinical leadership to the service and will assume consultant psychiatrist responsibility for the patients on the ward.

There will be a need to screen referrals, contribute to multidisciplinary assessments, and correspond with referrers, colleagues and other involved professionals in assessments and treatment of accepted patients. 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 referrals and assure a cooperative approach to the care of patients. They will be linked in with other Consultants and supported to join peer groups. They will also provide consultation and advice to members of the MDT.

The 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). KHP is responsible for seeing 2 million patients each year, has 25,000 employees and 19,500 students, and a £2 billion annual turnover. It brings together the best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence, and world-class teaching to deliver ground-breaking advances in physical and mental healthcare.

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.