Consultant Psychiatrist - Maudsley Adolescent Unit

This post involves direct assessment of all admissions, formulation of treatment plans in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team (MDT), liaison with other agencies (both health and partner organisations), supervision of junior medical staff, chairing of meetings with both clinical and non-clinical agenda and facilitating safe and effective discharge in collaboration with community services. This is a notional timetable. It can be adapted to meet the needs of the post holder and the service, in the context of the job planning process with the lead clinician. There will be a 7.5/2.5 DCC/SPA split. Although there are no specific additional responsibilities associated with the post, the post holder would be encouraged to take up additional roles commensurate with their seniority and interests, to be incorporated into their negotiated job. These could include lead roles in education and training (undergraduate or postgraduate), safeguarding, clinical governance, or other aspect of medical leadership. The consultant role involves providing clinical and medical leadership for both the MDT and junior medical staff.

The Trust has an exciting opportunity for a full time Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join National and Specialist CAMHS Inpatient services. The post holder will develop, lead and deliver excellence in inpatient care for adolescents in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team. The new Maudsley Adolescent Unit represents the development and progression of Snowsfields Adolescent Unit (SAU) as it enters its new home in the purpose built Pears Maudsley Centre at the Maudsley Hospital. This service will operate alongside existing inpatient teams that are part of the South London Partnership, including the Bethlem Adolescent Unit (BAU), Bethlem Adolescent Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (BAPICU) and Aquarius Unit, at Springfield Hospital. (This job description will refer to SAU and MAU, but they represent the same service in its current and future iteration). The availability of this post is due to the departure of the previous incumbent. The opening of the Pears Maudsley Centre is an exciting time for this service, and CAMHS as a whole., 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 feelvalued 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
• Accommodation,eligible staff benefit fromkeyworker housing which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.