Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist Borough CMHCNHS

Job summary

Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) provide care and treatment for people with serious mental health difficulties, including but not limited to psychotic illnesses, mood and personality disorders, and other disorders.

Southwark has five Community Mental Health Centres

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• Borough Community Mental Health Centre - Based at Chaucer Resource Centre, 13 Ann Moss Way, London, SE16 2TH
• Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Community Mental Health Centre - Based at Chaucer Resource Centre, 13 Ann Moss Way, London, SE16 2TH
• Camberwell and Walworth Community Mental Health Centre - Based At Marina House, 63-65 Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8RS
• Peckham and Nunhead Community Mental Health Centre - Based at St Giles House, 1 St Giles Road, London, SE5 7UD
• Dulwich Community Mental Health Centre - Based at Tessa Jowell Health Centre, 72 Dulwich Grove, London, SE22 8EY

The post holder would provide clinical leadership and medical input working with the MDT

Main duties of the job

The postholder will provide clinical leadership for the multidisciplinary team. They will work with the team manager to ensure responsive, excellent and safe care is provided that supports the whole healthcare system. The postholder will work with senior directorate staff to meet Trust objectives.

Job description

The postholder will provide clinical leadership for the multidisciplinary team. They will work with the team manager to ensure responsive, excellent and safe care is provided that supports the whole healthcare system. The postholder will work with senior directorate staff to meet Trust objectives. Please see job description and person specification for further details

About us

The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC). KHP is responsible for seeing 2 million patients each year, has 25,000employees 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 groundbreaking advances in physical and mental healthcare. See www.kingshealthpartners.org

The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is committed to innovation, effective interventions and improved service user outcomes. It has 230 community, inpatient and outpatientbased services. The Trust has a broad range of staff in all disciplines with the widest range of skillsand 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 inEurope, the Middle East and China,

The Trust's core value states that 'everything we do is to improve the experience of people using our services and to promote mental health and wellbeing for all'.