Locum LAS (ST4-6 level) in Mental Health Learning Disability

Overview

Locum LAS (ST4-6 level) in Mental Health Learning Disability, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Closing date: 30 September 2025.

Role and Setting

The Locum doctor will work in the community team for adults with intellectual disability and mental illness and/or significant challenging behaviour within the London borough of Southwark. They will be part of a multidisciplinary team made up of Psychiatrists, Nurses, Psychologists and Behaviour Support workers. They will assess patients for follow-up or initial assessments at various sites including Maudsley Hospital, day centres and the patient's home/care home. They are also expected to liaise with inpatient mental health units and with acute medical departments when patients accessing the team are admitted to inpatient units. The doctor will participate in MDT meetings including professionals meetings, weekly clinical team meetings, risk management meetings and other meetings as may be clinically relevant. A caseload is assigned to the doctor under close supervision from the consultant psychiatrist.

Main duties / Responsibilities

Your main liaisons would be with other clinicians in the community MHLD, ward based MDT, other Mental Health personnel both within and outside the directorate, other health, education, social services and voluntary agency personnel, referrers to the service, relevant research staff.

Job responsibilities

The Locum doctor will work in the community team for adults with intellectual disability and mental illness and/or significant challenging behaviour within the London borough of Southwark. They will be part of a multidisciplinary team made up of Psychiatrists, Nurses, Psychologists and Behaviour Support workers. They will assess patients for follow-up or initial assessments at various sites including Maudsley Hospital, day centres and the patient's home/care home. They are also expected to liaise with inpatient mental health units and with acute medical departments when patients accessing the team are admitted to inpatient units. The doctor will participate in the MDT meetings including professionals meetings, weekly clinical team meetings, risk management meetings and other meetings as may be clinically relevant. A caseload is assigned to the doctor under close supervision from the consultant psychiatrist.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full GMC registration as doctor

Experience

• Experience in mental health services, including assessment, risk assessment and management of mental illness
• Experience in working in an MDT
• Experience working in adult learning disability services, or of working with people with neurodevelopmental conditions

Knowledge

• Knowledge of psychiatric medication, including clozapine
• Knowledge of the needs of people with neurodevelopmental conditions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: Depending on experience £65,048 per annum