# Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-general-adult-psychiatrist/99cecfc5-30ba-44d4-8d25-9571f46b8f4e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-general-adult-psychiatrist/99cecfc5-30ba-44d4-8d25-9571f46b8f4e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (N/A) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T12:22:12.176Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/South_London_Maudsley_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychiatry/Psychiatry-v7593426 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7593426?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Low Intensity Team will be a single team working across the borough providing care for service users who were open to CMHTs are stable in mental state and no longer require a multi-disciplinary approach, whose medication cannot be prescribed by a GP, have been admission free for a minimum of 9 months and have secure accommodation. ### Main duties of the job Clinical duties of post holder The post provides consultant medical leadership and support to LIT. The post holder would provide senior medical input into the Neighbourhood CMHTs. This is to enable continuity of care across the neighbourhood with a focus on good working relationships with GPs. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Within LIT the role of the consultant is to provide medical reviews and provide clinical leadership to care coordinators for service-users with complex needs, patient centred care planning with regular care planning meetings, MDT discussions around complex needs, medical and psychosocial interventions. You would provide supervision to the multidisciplinary team as a whole and liaison with primary care. ## Job Details The Low Intensity Team will be a single team working across the borough providing care for service users who were open to CMHTs are stable in mental state and no longer require a multi-disciplinary approach, whose medication cannot be prescribed by a GP, have been admission free for a minimum of 9 months and have secure accommodation. ## Job Description Clinical duties of post holder The post provides consultant medical leadership and support to LIT. The post holder would provide senior medical input into the Neighbourhood CMHTs. This is to enable continuity of care across the neighbourhood with a focus on good working relationships with GPs. ## Responsibilities Within LIT the role of the consultant is to provide medical reviews and provide clinical leadership to care coordinators for service-users with complex needs, patient centred care planning with regular care planning meetings, MDT discussions around complex needs, medical and psychosocial interventions. You would provide supervision to the multidisciplinary team as a whole and liaison with primary care. ## Person Specification ### Other qualities **Essential** - Commitment to developing user-focused services - Ability to get on with colleagues across disciplines and specialties - Ability to appraise own performance **Desirable** - Experience of active involvement in service user initiatives ### Personal Skills **Essential** - Ability to work in multidisciplinary team and provide leadership for the team - Self-motivating - Confidence in therapeutic risk taking - Excellent communication skills (written and verbal - Willingness to innovate and problem-solve service issues ### Research and Audit **Essential** - Participation in Medical Audit and Quality Improvement initiatives - Commitment to research informed care and service development **Desirable** - Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields ### Teaching and supervision **Essential** - Experience of teaching at either undergraduate or postgraduate level. **Desirable** - Medical education qualification - Approval to supervise psychiatric trainees ### Qualifications and training **Essential** - 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 - Included on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of eligibility - Approved Clinician status AND Approved under S12 of the UK Mental Health Act (1983), or able to achieve these within 3 months of appointment **Desirable** - 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 - In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice - Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service - Membership or fellowship of Royal College of Psychiatrists ### Experience and clinical skills **Essential** - Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (I) - Appreciation and understanding of equitable care and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices - Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry **Desirable** - Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health - Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service ### Organisational and management skills **Essential** - Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that - Commitment to working with service users on service development - Commitment to Clinical Governance - Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement **Desirable** - Formal leadership and management training - Experience of team /service leadership ## Documents - [lit job description (pdf, 1.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9848617) - [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341) - [lit person specification (pdf, 576.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9848616) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.