South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant Medical Psychotherapist
About the role
Job summary
The Maudsley Medical Psychotherapy Service (MMPS) is situated in Southwark but receives referrals from Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham and Croydon.
The Maudsley Medical Psychotherapy Service (MMPS)) offers psychological therapies for complex non-psychotic mental illness. These service users have symptoms of a severity, chronicity and/or complexity that have been insufficiently responsive to step 1 (IAPT) or step 2 (PCMHT) interventions or are considered to be unsuitable for these.
An increased focus on close working with other colleagues including referrers and psychological therapists based in neighbourhood teams is essential to reduce fragmentation of service input and provide the stable attachment figures required for treating these service users.
The consultant in this role will be responsible for assessment, flow, liaison with colleagues and supervision of treatments by resident doctors. They will also more generally support with service provision, governance and service development.
Main duties of the job
The consultant in this role will be responsible for assessment, flow, liaison with colleagues and supervision of treatments by resident doctors. They will also more generally support with service provision, governance and service development.
About us
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of mental health, learning disability and substance misuse services for people living in four local Boroughs in South London, Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Croydon, as well as providing a range of national specialist services.
The Trust is committed to managing and developing a range of mental health services, working closely with users and carers, our four partner local authorities, CCGs and NHS hospitals. Services are primarily focused on people with severe and enduring mental illness. However, it also promotes good mental health, early intervention to prevent more serious problems and provide support to primary care in dealing with people with less severe problems. The trust has a strong community focus and our services are provided in a wide range of settings including people's own homes, GP practices, day centres, residential and nursing homes, prisons and hospitals. The Trust's core value states that 'everything we do is to improve the experience of people using our services and to promote mental health and wellbeing for all'.
Job responsibilities
To provide enthusiastic, and flexible, clinical leadership and consultant input into the team
To take Consultant responsibility for patients
To undertake assessments as routine part of work
To take a lead on support with flow and referrals
To actively provide medical psychotherapy support to other services and colleagues
To work flexibly and creatively promoting informed risk taking and anti-discriminatory practice
To liaise with external placement providers on the care of patients in the borough
To liaise with Consultant Psychiatrists working in the community and inpatient units
Where appropriate Liaison with General Practitioners concerning physical health, CPA and discharges
To support with expert risk assessment and management
To ensure excellence in the delivery of evidence-based treatments
To keep up-to-date with all relevant developments in research and treatment
To develop strong working relationships with other services
Regulalry attend and co-lead clinical Governance meetings for the service and any relevant team meeting
Offer reflective practice for resident doctors as part of Wednesday academic programme
Engage with Southwark Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) and Southwark Community Development meeting
On call commitments as Consultant Psychiatrist