Specialty Doctor Health Based Place of Safety

Specialty Doctor Health Based Place of Safety NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

Main area: Psychiatry

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

Contract: Fixed term: 6 months (Would consider 12 month appointment)

Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week

Job ref: 334-SOU JA-B

Site: Maudsley Hospital

Town: London

Salary: £59,175 - £95,400 per annum

Closing: 09/03/:59

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth, and Richmond.

We are committed to providing high quality and specialist care to our service users, recognized for our care and treatment. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021, together with Our Care Improvement System to positively impact patient care, outcomes, and staff experience.

The trust recognizes the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We welcome applications from people with lived experience as they are considered an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users, where our Trust values of being caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, and reliable are at the heart of everything we do.

Job overview

Commencing August 2025

This post is in our Acute Inpatient Care Pathway, looking after working age adults. This post is for the Centralised Place of Safety (CPOS), located at the Maudsley Hospital. This purpose-built unit is designed to admit patients on either section 136 or section 135. The post holder will work within an established MDT to assess and manage the acute physical and mental health needs of these patients.

The unit is staffed with a full nursing team, unit manager, and Consultant Psychiatrist. The post provides an excellent opportunity to gain experience of innovative multi-agency working and new services.

Main duties of the job

1. Provide medical input to the unit, with responsibility for initial clinical assessment and decision-making in relation to section 136 and 135 assessments.
2. Conduct assessments and examinations, and where necessary, appropriate investigations for all clients.
3. Assess under the Mental Health Act for admission either alone or as part of a full Mental Health Act assessment.
4. Responsible for record keeping, including documentation of assessments and communication with other agencies.
5. Support the wider staff team at the CPOS, contributing to clinical governance and teaching.
6. Available to work 10 clinical sessions on the unit, with opportunities for professional development.
7. Participate in job planning reviews within 3 months of appointment.
8. Receive clinical supervision from the CPOS Consultant Psychiatrist each week.

Person specification Qualifications

• s12 approval
• Relevant clinical experience

The Trust is committed to providing services that embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

Please note:

• All applications for this post must be made online.
• Read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role.
• The closing date listed is a guide only; the vacancy may close earlier if sufficient applicants are received.
• Your application will be transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system.
• If you have not heard from us within three weeks from the closing date, your application has not been successful.
• Priority consideration may be given to at-risk NHS employees.
• Authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
• We are a smoke-free Trust.

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.