Job Description

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM) is looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, Consultant Psychiatrist/Medical Psychotherapist to join our Personality disorder (PD) service within the London Borough of Lewisham. This is a six month fixed term post (paternity cover)



The post is a 7 PA post, ideally divided as 5 PA for DCC and 2 PA for SPA



The LPDS was established in September 2020.



It is a specialist Tier three psychotherapy service for patients with Personality disorder.



The service assesses and treats patients with an Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder and other moderate-severe personality disorders. Patients with Antisocial Personality Disorder are excluded, as are those dependent on drugs or alcohol, or those who are severely underweight (BMI below 18.5).



For further details, please refer to attached advt.







The post-holder will divide time within the developed specialist Lewisham PD service and also provide Clinical Supervision of the SUN Project.



Apart from taking on a clinical role, the post holder will also undertake a leadership role and work closely with the Head of service in establishing the service and maintaining all aspects of governance.



The post holder will need to be flexible and adaptable to both working with and leading developments in the service.



The postholder will supervise the Core Trainee on their 6 month placement. The CT is integral to co-facilitating SUN, processing referrals, and managing medical or pharmacological issues in the service.



The Specialist PD Service is based at The Wallace Centre, Deptford. The post-holder will have office accommodation. You will not only have the opportunity to work closely with the MDT within your own service but also to liaise and meet with your consultant peers and other staff in Lewisham.



For further details, please refer to attached JD.



We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service.



Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.



Career development, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as leadership, mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership, and other talent programmes



Car lease, our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars



Provide Consultant input and contribute as member of the clinical leadership team of the Personality Disorder service and SUN project.

Provide Consultant input to triage system for referrals into Personality Disorder service as required.

When acting as Approved Clinician to take consultant responsibility and oversee assessment and management of patients, including medication regimes, advising and working closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Assist with diagnosis, medication reviews, management plans, risk assessments, crisis plans and self-help plans for patients with complex mental health problems..

Work with Personality Disorder service to develop a collaborative care model for patients with disorders falling within the remit of the team.

Provide clinical assessments of patients as necessary.

Provide follow up as necessary for clients within teams.



For further details please refer to the attached JD.