About this role
Job summary
This is a substantive consultant role within the Croydon Recovery & Rehabilitation Team within South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The service provides intensive community-based rehabilitation, care and support for people, aged 18-65 years (and aged over 65 if they have been treated by a Croydon Adult Mental Health Service). Patients have severe and enduring mental illnesses and should be living in the London Borough of Croydon in a 24-hour supported placement such as Supported Housing, Supported Living, Residential Care Home or Nursing Home. It is a part-time role with 5 programmed activities:3.5 Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and 1.5 Supporting Programmed Activities (SPA) sessions (increasing to 2 SPAs for an academic affiliate program).
Main duties of the job
In collaboration with senior colleagues, the post-holder is expected to provide clinical, operational and strategic leadership to R & R. As part of the leadership team, the post-holder is expected to work proactively with managers and clinical staff to ensure that a high-quality service is provided to all patients.
About us
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK and aim to be a leader in improving health and wellbeing: locally, nationally and globally.
We serve 1.3 million people across four South London Boroughs: Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. We also work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London (KCL), and are supported by the Maudsley Charity which can be traced back to 1247.
We provide over 50 specialist services for children and adults across the UK, including perinatal, eating disorders, psychosis, autism and addiction services. We also have a number of partnerships with clinical services and educational programmes in Europe, the Middle East and China.
We are the only mental health trust in the UK to have our own Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), hosted jointly with the IoPPN, with the aim of translating scientific developments into new ways of screening, detecting, treating and preventing mental illness.
We are also part of the King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (one of six such centres in England), along with King's College London, Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts.
Job description Job responsibilities
A full job description and person specification for this post can be found in the attached documents. For further details, please contact the line manager for this post Dr Ajoy Thachil ([email protected]) and the service manager for the team Patricia Phillip ([email protected]).
Person Specification
Essential Criteria Essential
CCT in GA Psychiatry (or within 6 months of same) with full GMC registration AC status Have led and worked in MDTs Excellent communication skills Experience of service development Experience of Quality Improvement Experience of teaching and supervision Experience in Psychiatric Rehabilitation services MRCPsych or FRCPsych
Desirable
Clinically relevant higher degree e.g., MSc, MPhil, MD, PhD Personal experience of mental illness and/or social distress Evidence of helping others who have suffered physical, mental or social misfortune Evidence of grant funded project work Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals Medical education qualification OR formal leadership/management training Experience of working effectively with non-NHS statutory organizations and VCSEs
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address Queens Resource Centre
66a Queens Road
Croydon
CR0 2PR
Employer's website https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)