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Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
At least 24 months full-time equivalent experience (at core trainee or SHO-equivalent, or staff grade or staff grade equivalent) in Psychiatry.
- Experience
Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams in Psychiatry
- Experience
Assessment & Treatment of severe mental illness in adults
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Basic IT skills
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Good communication skills, including spoken and written English. Capacity to communicate effectively and sensitively with others.
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Experience of working in a team, including: capacity to work co-operatively with others and show leadership when appropriate; capacity to work effectively in multi-professional and multi-agency teams
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Capacity and motivation to treat others with understanding and sensitivity, and to see patients as people
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Good knowledge and awareness of the Mental Capacity Act
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Good awareness of the bio-psycho-social model in assessing & managing people with complex needs & mental illness. Capacity to see beyond the obvious, and to bring a range of approaches to solving problems
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Good knowledge and awareness of care programme approach (CPA) & risk assessment
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Good organisational and prioritising skills
- Knowledge and Qualifications
MB BS or equivalent
- Knowledge and Qualifications
Full General Medical Council (GMC) Registration, or appropriate GMC Registration for this post
- Knowledge and Qualifications
Right to work in the UK
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
4-6 months full-time equivalent experience (at core trainee or SHO-equivalent, or staff grade or staff grade equivalent) in Psychiatry of Learning Disability or CAMHS
- Experience
Assessment & Treatment of severe mental illness in adults with learning disability.
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Good awareness of the ‘recovery model’ and social inclusion principles for mental illness
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Experience in the management of patients with LD and autism
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Interest in, and experience of, teaching
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Critical appraisal skills
- Skills & Personal Qualities
Evidence of involvement in an audit project OR a quality improvement project
- Knowledge and Qualifications
Passed written components of the MRCPsych (Paper A, Paper B or both).
- Knowledge and Qualifications
Passed MRCPsych CASC
- Knowledge and Qualifications
Section 12 approved for the purposes of Mental Health Act (MHA) work OR potentially eligible for approval
Job overview
The LAS ST4 doctor will work in the community team for adults with intellectual disability and mental illness and/or significant challenging behaviour within the London borough of Lambeth. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team made up of psychiatrists, community psychiatric nurses, clinical psychologists and a behaviour support worker.
The LAS ST4 doctor will assess and review patients with intellectual disability and mental health problems in the Maudsley Outpatient Clinic (Monday afternoons) based at Maudsley Hospital. A caseload will be assigned to them by the consultant psychiatrist under close supervision.
The LAS ST4 doctor may also be required to visit patients at other locations within the Borough i.e. at home, day centre and so on. In addition, they will participate and contribute to the weekly Lambeth MHLD Team meeting, liaise with patients’ GPs, social services, third sector organisations and other external agencies.
The LAS ST4 doctor will be expected to attend Care Programme Approach (CPA) meetings and other multidisciplinary meetings.
You will receive weekly clinical supervision provided from Dr Partsenidis (Consultant Psychiatrist).
The appointed doctor will be expected to complete mandatory training.
Main duties of the job
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 LAS (ST4) in Psychiatry of Learning Disability with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £67,998 Per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Part time considered). The application deadline is 27 Sep 2026.
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