Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Homeless Outreach (START) service. The role is based in Croydon to provide is to support homeless people with severe mental health problems . The post is 8 Programmed Activities (9am-5pm).

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide senior leadership and input to an enthusiastic team and be part of an active Consultant body.

Homeless Outreach (START) is a small multi-disciplinary assessment team for street homeless people in Lambeth, Southwark and Croydon. Our role is to engage and assess homeless people with severe mental health problems and to refer them on to local mainstream services. We provide short-term care coordination.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will share clinical leadership of the team with the other START Consultants and take full consultant responsibility for patients designated as under their care. There will be a need to screen referrals, contribute to multidisciplinary assessments, and correspond with referrers, colleagues and other involved professionals in assessments and treatment of accepted patients. The post holder will conduct regular psychiatric reviews and contribute to care planning meetings of community patients under their care. There will be a need to support inpatient colleagues when patients are admitted to the wards, write tribunal reports, and attend tribunals as required.

About us

The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK across four South London Boroughs: Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark.

The Trust is part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC). KHP is responsible for seeing 2 million patients each year, has 25,000 employees and 19,500 students, and a £2 billion annual turnover. It brings together the best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence, and world-class teaching to deliver ground-breaking advances in physical and mental healthcare.

Date posted

04 May 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

Depending on experience £88,364 – £119,133 per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

334-SOU-5262985-JA

Job locations

Kennington Lane

190, Kennington Lane

London

SE11 5DL

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To provide clinical care to the patients under the care of the service
  • To provide senior input and leadership in the team;
  • To give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trusts personnel policies and procedures.
  • To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of
  • To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly on EPJS.
  • To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval and Approved clinician status, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
  • To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to
  • To comply with the Trusts agreed policies and procedures,
  • The Trust has mandatory training requirements, which the post holder will be expected to comply with in a timely fashion.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To provide clinical care to the patients under the care of the service
  • To provide senior input and leadership in the team;
  • To give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trusts personnel policies and procedures.
  • To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of
  • To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly on EPJS.
  • To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval and Approved clinician status, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
  • To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to
  • To comply with the Trusts agreed policies and procedures,
  • The Trust has mandatory training requirements, which the post holder will be expected to comply with in a timely fashion.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Full registration with the General Medical Council with a licence to practice (A)
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of eligibility (A)
  • Approved Clinician status AND Approved under S12 of the UK Mental Health Act (1983), or able to achieve these within 3 months of appointment (A)

Desirable

  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management (A)
  • Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. (A)
  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice (A) (I)
  • Experience in other relevant specialties such as liaison psychiatry, home treatment or addictions (A)

Experience and clinical skills

Essential

  • Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (I)
  • Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices (I)
  • Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry (I)

Desirable

  • Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health (I)
  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service (I)

Personal Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work in multidisciplinary team and provide leadership for the team (A, I)
  • Self-motivating (A, I)
  • Confidence in therapeutic risk taking (A, I)
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) (A, I)
  • Willingness to innovate and problem-solve service issues (A, I)

Organisational and management skills

Essential

  • Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that (A, I)
  • Commitment to working with service users on service development (A, I)
  • Commitment to Clinical Governance (I)
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement (I)

Desirable

  • Formal leadership and management training (A)
  • Experience of team /service leadership (A, I)

Research and Audit

Essential

  • Participation in Medical Audit and Quality Improvement initiatives (A, I)
  • Commitment to research informed care and service development (A, I)

Desirable

  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields (A)

Teaching and supervision

Essential

  • Experience of teaching at either undergraduate or postgraduate level. (A, I)

Desirable

  • Medical education qualification (A)
  • Approval to supervise psychiatric trainees (A, I)

Other qualities

Essential

  • Commitment to developing user-focused services (I)
  • Ability to get on with colleagues across disciplines and specialties (I)
  • Ability to appraise own performance (I)

Desirable

  • Experience of active involvement in service user initiatives (I)
Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Full registration with the General Medical Council with a licence to practice (A)
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of eligibility (A)
  • Approved Clinician status AND Approved under S12 of the UK Mental Health Act (1983), or able to achieve these within 3 months of appointment (A)

Desirable

  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management (A)
  • Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. (A)
  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice (A) (I)
  • Experience in other relevant specialties such as liaison psychiatry, home treatment or addictions (A)

Experience and clinical skills

Essential

  • Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (I)
  • Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices (I)
  • Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry (I)

Desirable

  • Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health (I)
  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service (I)

Personal Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work in multidisciplinary team and provide leadership for the team (A, I)
  • Self-motivating (A, I)
  • Confidence in therapeutic risk taking (A, I)
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) (A, I)
  • Willingness to innovate and problem-solve service issues (A, I)

Organisational and management skills

Essential

  • Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that (A, I)
  • Commitment to working with service users on service development (A, I)
  • Commitment to Clinical Governance (I)
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement (I)

Desirable

  • Formal leadership and management training (A)
  • Experience of team /service leadership (A, I)

Research and Audit

Essential

  • Participation in Medical Audit and Quality Improvement initiatives (A, I)
  • Commitment to research informed care and service development (A, I)

Desirable

  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields (A)

Teaching and supervision

Essential

  • Experience of teaching at either undergraduate or postgraduate level. (A, I)

Desirable

  • Medical education qualification (A)
  • Approval to supervise psychiatric trainees (A, I)

Other qualities

Essential

  • Commitment to developing user-focused services (I)
  • Ability to get on with colleagues across disciplines and specialties (I)
  • Ability to appraise own performance (I)

Desirable

  • Experience of active involvement in service user initiatives (I)

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).

Additional information

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).