Consultant Psychiatrist Southwark Team for Early Psychosis (STEP)


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	Negotiable
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SE5 7UD
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	1 Sept 2026
Closing date:	22 Sept 2026

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Summary

Main duties: To provide enthusiastic, and flexible, joint clinical leadership and consultant input into the team, alongside the team leader and other consultant To take consultant responsibility for patients, acting as Approved Clinician and assessing or supervising assessment and management of patients and devising or helping to devise appropriate treatment plans and medication regimes, providing prompt medical response, and advising and work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team To offer expert risk assessment and management skills in complex care of people with severe mental illness To ensure excellence in the delivery of evidence-based treatments To act as a source of support, advice and information to current or prospective patients and their carers, referrers, team members and other professionals Provide reciprocal Approved Clinician cover including under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act for the leave, study leave and sickness of senior medical staff in Southwark during working hours To keep up-to-date with all developments in research and treatment around early intervention To develop strong working relationships with outside stakeholders, notably GPs, local authority social services, housing providers and local voluntary organisations. To undertake responsibilities as an approved clinician under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983 as needed To work flexibly with other teams within SLaM and other mental trusts, and with the voluntary sector, to ensure good coordination of care

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