Specialty Doctor – Dulwich Community Mental Health Team

Responsibilities

1. To provide full time medical input to the service and assessment of patients in their own accommodation as required
2. This will include physical health assessment and examination and where necessary appropriate investigations for patients
3. To undertake liaison with professionals outside the team including community and inpatient mental health services, GPs, housing providers, colleagues in the Acute Trust, and Adult Social Care, amongst others
4. The doctor would assess under the Mental Health Act for admission where appropriate
5. The doctor is responsible for record keeping including documentation of assessment and communication/ liaison with other agencies including primary care
6. The doctor will support the wider staff team. There will be opportunities to contribute to clinical governance, and formal and informal teaching
7. The doctor would be expected to be available to work 10 clinical sessions on the unit. The doctor will be able to take regular time for professional development as agreed with the team Consultant Psychiatrist
8. The doctor would receive clinical supervision from the BBR Consultant Psychiatrist each week

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.

Benefits

• 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.

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