# Consultant Psychiatrist  National ADHD and Autism Service

**Company**: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: Negotiable
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the National Adult ADHD and Autism Clinic.

The post is a 9 PA position, consisting of 6.75 DCC and 2.25 SPA sessions.

The successful candidate will provide leadership and consultant input into the National ADHD and Autism Clinic, alongside the Clinic lead and Service Lead.

Key responsibilities include:

- Running 9 clinics weekly, with 9 diagnostic assessment appointments or treatments

- Taking consultant responsibility for patients, assessing or supervising assessments and management, and devising treatment plans and medication regimes

- Offering expert risk assessment and management skills in complex care

- Ensuring excellence in evidence-based treatments

- Acting as a source of support, advice, and information to patients, carers, referrers, team members, and other professionals

- Representing the unit at Trust level and care pathway meetings

- Keeping up-to-date with developments in research and treatment around neurodevelopmental disorders

- Developing strong working relationships with outside stakeholders

The post-holder will be expected to:

- Lead research projects and facilitate the work of others

- Participate in disseminating knowledge about the service and clinical/research outcomes

- Take part in clinical governance programmes, including clinical audit and assessment of untoward incidents

- Manage, appraise, and give professional supervision to junior medical staff

- Record clinical activity accurately using SLaMs ePJS

- Undertake administrative duties and record-keeping associated with patient care

- Carry a mobile smart phone during work hours

- Work flexibly and creatively as part of a multidisciplinary team

The team consists of Consultant Psychiatrists, a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist/Clinic Lead, a Clinical Nurse Specialist, 2 x Assessment Nurses, and Administrators.

The salary for this position is negotiable, depending on experience, with a range of £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata.

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## Skills

### Required
- MRCPsych
- GMC registration
- CCT in psychiatry
- Section 12(2) approval
- Experience in diagnosing and managing people with ASD and ADHD

### Nice to have
- Higher degree such as master's degree, MD or PhD
- FRCPsych
- Experience in leading the development of services for people with neurodevelopmental disorders

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