# 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/de3efd66-e233-4051-8991-8e913c0fe2aa - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-general-adult-psychiatrist/de3efd66-e233-4051-8991-8e913c0fe2aa.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:** 2026-05-26T12:11:12.883Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/South_London_Maudsley_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychiatry/Psychiatry-v7566977 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7566977?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 four Community Mental Health Teams covering different parts of Southwark: - Borough, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe - Walworth - Camberwell and Peckham - Dulwich and Nunhead 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 ## Job Details 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 four Community Mental Health Teams covering different parts of Southwark: Borough, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Walworth Camberwell and Peckham Dulwich and Nunhead The post holder would provide clinical leadership and medical input working with the MDT ## 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. ## 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 ## Person Specification ### 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 - 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 ### 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 - Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines) **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** - Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA - Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices **Desirable** - Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service - Experience of service development ### Teaching, Academic and leadership **Essential** - Experience of teaching at either undergraduate or postgraduate level. - Commitment to developing user-focused services - Ability to get on with colleagues across disciplines and specialties - Ability to appraise own performance **Desirable** - Medical education qualification - Approval to supervise psychiatric trainees - Experience of active involvement in service user initiatives ### 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 - [cmht dulwich jd (pdf, 1.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9818720) - [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341) - [person specification (pdf, 576.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9818721) ## 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.