Lambeth Treatment Team & Crisis Outreach Service Specialty Doctor

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The closing date is 03 March 2026

Specialty Doctor - Lambeth Crisis Services - Home Treatment Team and Crisis Outreach Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Start Date:

4th February 2026

Job overview:

Applications are invited for an experienced Specialty doctor to join Lambeth crisis services (Lambeth Home Treatment Team & Lambeth Crisis Outreach Service). Lambeth crisis services cater for adults (18 to 65 years old) with severe mental illness who are living within the borough. This is a full-time fixed-term post currently based at Lambeth hospital working across Lambeth Home Treatment Team (HTT) and Lambeth Crisis Outreach Service (COS).

It is 9am-5pm with no on-call responsibilities although you are more than welcome to contribute to the gaps in the junior doctor rota and will be compensated for doing so. This is a well-established role and is becoming available as the current incumbent is moving on to commence training post.

All the services in Lambeth Hospital will be relocated to different Trust sites in the autumn 2026. At that point this post will move along with the staff of HTT & COS to 308 Brixton Road.

You will have one day a week allocated for supporting professional activities.

A full induction programme will be offered.

The post will be initially for a period of 6 months with possibility of extension beyond this.

Specialty Doctor with Lambeth Home Treatment Team and Lambeth Crisis Outreach Service will provide psychiatric medical input to patients with Lambeth HTT and patients being assessed by Lambeth COS. The post holder will be part of the wider medical provision for both teams which includes two consultant psychiatrists, a higher trainee shared with an inpatient ward, a CT and another specialty doctor.

The post holder will be involved in the assessment and management of adults who are of a clinical and risk profile requiring HTT follow up or COS assessment. Patients typically present with an acute mental disorder and associated vulnerabilities with risk to themselves or others.

The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is one of 3 Foundation Trusts within Kings Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre and is committed to innovation, effective interventions and improved service user outcomes. As well as providing excellent mental health services for the local community. The Trust is committed to maintaining its national status as a provider of specialist mental health services for people living across the UK.

• Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice at the time of appointment
• Section 12(2) approved
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management

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