Consultant Psychiatrist - Maudsley Adolescent Unit

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., 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.

Full GMC Registration with a License to Practice (A)
MRCPsych or Equivalent (A)
Inclusion on Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CCT or CESR) (A)
(Eligibility for) Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status. If not yet S12/AC approved this would not preclude appointment if otherwise suitable, but gaining such approval must be a priority (A)
Training and Experience
Experience in inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (A)
Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities (A)
Clinical skills
Excellent leadership skills (A & I)
Excellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills (A) (I)
Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents (I)
Good ability to work in a team setting (I)
Understanding of safeguarding (A)
Ability to assess capacity and consent (A) (I)
Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed (A) (I)
Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice (A) (I)
Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act, and other relevant legal frameworks, in children and young people (I)
Management/Audit
Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts (A) (I)
Teaching
Experience of teaching a range of disciplines (A)
Research
Involvement in research projects (I)
Personal Skills
Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written) (A) (I)
Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict (A) (I)
The ability to work flexibly across hospital and community sites (A)(I)
Probity (A)
Eligible to work in the UK (A)
Desirable, Higher degree/Research qualifications (A)
Higher management qualifications (A)
Training and experience
Trained in ADI and ADOS (A)
Training in investigation of complaints and SIs (A)
Clinical skills
Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level (A) (I)
Significant experience of developing and leading inpatient or assertive outreach psychiatric care services. (A) (I)
Management/Audit
Experience of leading audit or QI projects (A) (I)
Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services (A)

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., Research
Peer reviewed publication (A)
Book publication (A)
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
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ 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
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

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.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
+ 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 from keyworker 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.
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