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Job overview
This is a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist in Early Intervention in Psychosis (General Adult Psychiatry) that has become available following the departure of the previous substantive post holder after many years of service. The post is part-time. The successful candidate will be part of an active Consultant body and will join the Borough Consultants on call rota.
The COAST Team is part of the Croydon and Behavioural & Developmental Psychiatry Directorate within the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. COAST is the Early Intervention in Psychosis Service for Croydon and uses an assertive outreach model and receives referrals for the whole of the Borough. The service is an innovative multidisciplinary community team, serving clients from a variety of cultural backgrounds in Croydon who experience their first episode of psychosis and often have challenging and complex needs, including difficulties with engagement.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide clinical input and leadership for the team together with the other Consultants in the team. There will be a need to screen referrals, contribute to multidisciplinary assessments, and correspond with referrers, colleagues and other involved professionals in assessments and treatment of accepted patients. The post holder will have Responsible clinician responsibilities for their part of the caseload, they will conduct regular psychiatric reviews and contribute to care planning meetings of community patients under the care of the team. There will be a need to support inpatient colleagues when patients are admitted to the wards, write tribunal reports, and attend tribunals as required.
The post holder will be seeing patients at their clinic on a daily basis. The number of patients may vary but will be on average of 8 a week, including new patients, follow ups and emergencies. The rate of tribunals/managers hearings is around 1 every 6 weeks.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached detailed Job description and Person specification for any further information.
Do not hesitate to contact Dr Serena Lai should you wish to discuss the post further.
Person specification
essential
Essential
- In the GMC Specialist Register (or if Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT)
- Membership of the Royal College Of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with RCPsych Guidelines)
- Section 12 approval
- With or eligible for Approved Clinician status (MHA, 2007)
- Experience of clinical work in General Adult Psychiatry
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership to the team
- Expertise in risk assessment and the use of evidence-based interventions for the treatment of psychiatric conditions
- Ability to train and supervise junior medical staff and medical students / staff from other disciplines
- Comply with trust Occupational Health Guidelines
Desirable
- Higher Degree in relevant areas
- Previous experience as Community Consultant
- Previous experience in Early intervention in Psychosis
- Publications on relevant topics
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This advert is for Consultant Psychiatrist in Early Intervention in Psychosis - COAST with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, 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. The application deadline is 26 Jul 2026.
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