Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• At least 24 months full-time equivalent experience (at core trainee or SHO-equivalent, or staff grade or staff grade equivalent) in Psychiatry.
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams in Psychiatry
• Assessment & Treatment of severe mental illness in adults

Desirable

• 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
• Assessment & Treatment of severe mental illness in adults with learning disability.

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent
• Full General Medical Council (GMC) Registration, or appropriate GMC Registration for this post
• Right to work in the UK

Desirable

• Passed written components of the MRCPsych (Paper A, Paper B or both).
• Passed MRCPsych CASC
• Section 12 approved for the purposes of Mental Health Act (MHA) work OR potentially eligible for approval

Skills & Personal Qualities

Essential

• Basic IT skills
• Good communication skills, including spoken and written English. Capacity to communicate effectively and sensitively with others.
• 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
• Capacity and motivation to treat others with understanding and sensitivity, and to see patients as people
• Good knowledge and awareness of the Mental Capacity Act
• 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
• Good knowledge and awareness of care programme approach (CPA) & risk assessment
• Good organisational and prioritising skills

Desirable

• Good awareness of the 'recovery model' and social inclusion principles for mental illness
• Experience in the management of patients with LD and autism
• Interest in, and experience of, teaching
• Critical appraisal skills
• Evidence of involvement in an audit project OR a quality improvement project

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

Maudsley Hospital

Denmark HIll

Camberwell

SE5 8AZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)