Job Description

South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) has a rare and exciting opportunity and is looking to recruit one substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to cover an acute female inpatient ward (Virginia Woolf) based at the Ladywell Unit in Lewisham. The ward is well established



The post holder will be based at the Ladywell Unit in Lewisham. Virginia Woolf ward is a 16-bed female acute in-patient unit. The ward provides psychiatric care for women, aged 18-65, with acute mental health problems who live in the London Borough of Lewisham. There are two male wards, one male PICU and various community mental health services linked to the Unit including the Lewisham Liaison service and Lewisham home treatment team, thereby enabling close working between teams.



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The main duties of the post holder are to provide psychiatry consultant leadership, to act as Approved Clinician for the ward's case load, and to work with the ward manager to deliver high quality care for patients under the care of the unit.



You will participate in the ward's daily MDT hand over meetings and chair twice weekly ward rounds. You will also be expected to attend the directorate's bed management meetings and any other forums/meetings aimed at improving length of stay and quality of care within our acute in patient services.



Many of the ward patients would have been detained under the Mental health act and a fundamental part of the role is to ensure that you complete all the statutory paperwork and responsibilities that go hand in hand with being the Responsible clinician.



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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, f lexible 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. To provide enthusiastic, and flexible, joint clinical leadership and consultant input into the team, alongside the ward manager To take consultant responsibility for your ward, acting as Approved Clinician and assessing or supervising assessment and management of patients and devising or helping to devise appropriate treatment plans and medication regimes, providing prompt medical response, and advising and work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

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To provide consultant input into the ward, using your expertise to provide advice, liaising closely with others and providing assessment of complex presentations and creating appropriate management plans To offer expert risk assessment and management skills in complex care of people with severe mental illness or those admitted in crisis. To ensure excellence in the delivery of evidence-based treatments To act as a source of support, advice and information to current or prospective patients and their carers, referrers, team members and other professionals

For further details please refer to attached JD