Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal skills
Ability to work in multidisciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
- Personal skills
Self motivating
- Personal skills
Confidence in therapeutic risk taking
- Personal skills
Excellent communication skills
- Personal skills
Willingness to innovate and problem-solve service issues
- Research and Audit
Participation in Medical Audit and Quality Improvement initiatives
- Research and Audit
Commitment to research informed care and service development
- Qualifications and training
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment Included on the GMC Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry OR within six months Approved clinician status
- Qualifications and training
Included on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of eligibility
- Qualifications and training
Approved Clinician status AND Approved under S12 of the UK Mental Health Act (1983), or able to achieve these within 3 months of appointment
- Qualifications and training
Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
- Experience and clinical skills
Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Experience and clinical skills
Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Teaching, Academic and leadership
Experience of teaching at either undergraduate or postgraduate level.
- Teaching, Academic and leadership
Commitment to developing user-focused services
- Teaching, Academic and leadership
Ability to get on with colleagues across disciplines and specialties
- Teaching, Academic and leadership
Ability to appraise own performance
- Organisational and management skills
Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
- Organisational and management skills
Commitment to working with service users on service development
- Organisational and management skills
Commitment to Clinical Governance
- Organisational and management skills
Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
Desirable
12 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Research and Audit
Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields
- Qualifications and training
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines) Experience in other relevant specialties such as in patient, liaison psychiatry, home treatment or addictions
- Qualifications and training
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Qualifications and training
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Qualifications and training
Membership or fellowship of Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Experience and clinical skills
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Experience and clinical skills
Experience of service development
- Teaching, Academic and leadership
Medical education qualification
- Teaching, Academic and leadership
Approval to supervise psychiatric trainees
- Teaching, Academic and leadership
Experience of active involvement in service user initiatives
- Organisational and management skills
Formal leadership and management training
- Organisational and management skills
Experience of team /service leadership
Job overview
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
- 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
- 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist Borough CMHC with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in Beckenham, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: N/A. The application deadline is 11 Oct 2026.
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