# Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry - PCMHT N2 Team > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-in-general-adult-psychiatry-pcmht-n2-team/d2f0fbda-e184-45a7-91a0-1996bc344d3a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-in-general-adult-psychiatry-pcmht-n2-team/d2f0fbda-e184-45a7-91a0-1996bc344d3a.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:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T11:52:17.520Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Lewisham/South_London_Maudsley_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychiatry/Psychiatry-v7873443 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7873443?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM) are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Primary mental health care teams in Neighbourhood N2 within the London Borough of Lewisham. This is being advertised as a fixed term post. If you are looking for an exciting clinical role, within established primary care mental health teams, with opportunities to work closely with Primary care partners and lead on further service development and incorporating quality improvement methodology to evaluate changes, then this is the ideal post for you. Number of programmed activities: 6 (4.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA) The posts has become available as the substantive consultant has taken a sabbatical and will be returning to the post. The team is currently divided between: Speedwell Mental Health Centre, 62 Speedwell Street, London, SE8 4AT Southbrook Road, 1 Southbrook Road, London, SE12 8LH The two team bases are about 2 miles apart and can be reached by car and a range of public transport options. For more details regarding the post please see the  advertisement / Job description attached. ### Main duties of the job To provide enthusiastic, and flexible, joint clinical leadership and consultant input into the team, alongside the Clinical Service Lead - To provide consultant input into the Primary Care Mental Health Team, using your expertise to provide advice, liaising closely with GPs and other stakeholders, and providing assessment of complex presentations and creating appropriate management plans - To offer expert risk assessment and management skills of patients newly referred to services - 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 the attached JD. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The main duties of the consultant are to provide psychiatry consultant leadership to the Primary Care Mental Health Team, and to support the Clinical Service Lead. Close liaison with primary care will be a key part of the role. You will need to work directly with GPs and will need to attend regular meetings with local practices to improve the primary / secondary care interface and enhance the ability of medical colleagues working in primary care (Lead consultant in neighbourhood to take on this role). You will be expected to provide consultant input for the Primary Care Mental Health team for  two and a half days per week and the remainder of the week. Your clinical work will involve seeing new referrals, seeing follow up patients (around 50:50 ratio) and providing senior advice and guidance to the team. To provide enthusiastic, and flexible, joint clinical leadership and consultant input into the team, alongside the Clinical Service Lead - To provide consultant input into the Primary Care Mental Health Team, using your expertise to provide advice, liaising closely with GPs and other stakeholders, and providing assessment of complex presentations and creating appropriate management plans - To offer expert risk assessment and management skills of patients newly referred to services - 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 - In conjunction with the Team Leader, will help to represent the unit at CAG and care pathway meetings and other internal and external meetings where needed. - To provide reciprocal Approved Clinician cover including under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act for the leave, study leave and sickness of senior medical staff in Lewisham during working hours For further details please refer to attached JD. ## Job Details South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM) are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Primary mental health care teams in Neighbourhood N2 within the London Borough of Lewisham. This is being advertised as a fixed term post. If you are looking for an exciting clinical role, within established primary care mental health teams, with opportunities to work closely with Primary care partners and lead on further service development and incorporating quality improvement methodology to evaluate changes, then this is the ideal post for you. Number of programmed activities: 6 (4.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA) The posts has become available as the substantive consultant has taken a sabbatical and will be returning to the post. The team is currently divided between: Speedwell Mental Health Centre, 62 Speedwell Street, London, SE8 4AT Southbrook Road, 1 Southbrook Road, London, SE12 8LH The two team bases are about 2 miles apart and can be reached by car and a range of public transport options. For more details regarding the post please see the advertisement / Job description attached. ## Job Description To provide enthusiastic, and flexible, joint clinical leadership and consultant input into the team, alongside the Clinical Service Lead To provide consultant input into the Primary Care Mental Health Team, using your expertise to provide advice, liaising closely with GPs and other stakeholders, and providing assessment of complex presentations and creating appropriate management plans To offer expert risk assessment and management skills of patients newly referred to services 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 the attached JD. ## Responsibilities The main duties of the consultant are to provide psychiatry consultant leadership to the Primary Care Mental Health Team, and to support the Clinical Service Lead. Close liaison with primary care will be a key part of the role. You will need to work directly with GPs and will need to attend regular meetings with local practices to improve the primary / secondary care interface and enhance the ability of medical colleagues working in primary care (Lead consultant in neighbourhood to take on this role). You will be expected to provide consultant input for the Primary Care Mental Health team for two and a half days per week and the remainder of the week. Your clinical work will involve seeing new referrals, seeing follow up patients (around 50:50 ratio) and providing senior advice and guidance to the team. To provide enthusiastic, and flexible, joint clinical leadership and consultant input into the team, alongside the Clinical Service Lead To provide consultant input into the Primary Care Mental Health Team, using your expertise to provide advice, liaising closely with GPs and other stakeholders, and providing assessment of complex presentations and creating appropriate management plans To offer expert risk assessment and management skills of patients newly referred to services 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 In conjunction with the Team Leader, will help to represent the unit at CAG and care pathway meetings and other internal and external meetings where needed. To provide reciprocal Approved Clinician cover including under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act for the leave, study leave and sickness of senior medical staff in Lewisham during working hours For further details please refer to attached JD. ## Person Specification ### Eligibility **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 **Desirable** - In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice - Approved clinician status and under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment ### Qualifications **Essential** - MB BS or equivalent medical qualification **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 relevant specialties such as in patient, old age psychiatry, liaison psychiatry, home treatment or addictions ### Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning **Essential** - Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training. Ability to work in and lead team - Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement. - Participated in continuous professional development Participated in research or service evaluation. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence. - Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes **Desirable** - Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken - Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation. - Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications. - Has led quality improvement projects leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients ### Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Excellent knowledge in specialty - Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge Excellent oral and written communication skills in English - Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others. - Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA **Desirable** - Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 824.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10146873) - [advt (pdf, 216.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10146874) - [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341) ## 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.