Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist,

An exciting opportunity has risen for a fixed term, 10 PA consultant psychiatrist post at the Channi Kumar Mother and Baby Unit, at Bethlem Royal Hospital. The successful candidate will work with other multidisciplinary members of the Mother and Baby Unit and linked perinatal community services across South London and Maudsley and The South London Partnership, as well as nationally, to deliver high quality, safe, excellent, evidence-based care. The pots holder will support service innovations, quality improvements and clinical research, education in perinatal psychiatry within SLaM, sharing strong clinical leadership within the team. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed consultant psychiatrist to work in a leading national Mother and Baby Unit, providing flexible clinical leadership and consultant responsibility and working closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team including an existing consultant. The post holder will provide clinical work specifically in the Mother and Baby Unit in the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM).

To Provide Clinical Leadership and Consultant input To participate in the framework of Clinical Governance To take consultant responsibility for patients on MBU, assessment and devising or helping to devise appropriate investigation and treatment plans To deliver on the quality and outcomes To provide RC and Section 12 responsibilities to patients Reviewing patients on the case load on a regular basis and in line with changes in new ways of working To work flexibly with the other consultants on MBU and across the community boroughs To offer advice and provide clinical and educational supervision to CT and ST residents To offer expert risk assessment and management skills To promote and advocate for the principles and practice of Perinatal Psychiatry locally and nationally To work flexibly and creatively as part of a MDT To deliver Service Line management Liaison with/advice to General Practitioners concerning service users subject to CPA. To provide reciprocal cover under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act for the leave To encourage and lead as appropriate service based research and teaching. Education and training of midwifes and health visitors. To maintain help to address clinical governance issues within MBU. Participation in, contribution to service audit, service evaluation and research. Attendance at audit/academic/management meetings, appropriate to the needs of the service.