Senior Clinical Lecturer and Consultant Psychiatrist (General Adult)

About us

The Department of Psychosis Studies is one of the world’s leading centres for research into psychotic disorders. It is part of the School of Academic Psychiatry.

Our mission: we aim to advance the understanding and treatment of psychotic disorders across all stages to improve the lives of patients and their families.

Our ethos: we take an inclusive approach that respects diverse opinions and backgrounds and includes patient and carer views to support staff and students in our mission.

Our staff include clinical and non-clinical scientists with a wide range of expertise. Their research has been recognised by over 100 research awards, and multiple members of staff have been named by Web of Science as amongst the leading researchers in the world in psychiatry/ neuroscience. We have many research programmes involving national and international partnerships, often with our department acting as the lead site in multi-centre collaborations.

We have been identified as the leading schizophrenia research institution in the world based on impact.  Our findings have influenced national and international guidelines and policies to improve the care of people with psychosis.

Head of Department: Professor Oliver Howes

About the role

A vacancy has arisen for an academic consultant psychiatrist with expertise in psychotic disorders (schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and related disorders). The role involves 5 clinical sessions as a consultant psychiatrist at the Lambeth Clozapine Plus Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and 5 sessions delivering research and teaching within the Dept Psychosis Studies, School of Academic Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London.

The role involves conducting cutting edge research in psychosis, delivering high quality clinical care to people with psychosis and providing excellent education around psychosis. You will be responsible for developing research ideas, obtaining funding to conduct studies and publishing high impact research publications, as well as providing teaching on psychosis to post-graduate and under-graduate courses, supervising student projects and contributing to departmental activities. As a consultant psychiatrist, you will provide excellent clinical care to patients with psychosis, actively participate in the multi- disciplinary team, supervise junior staff, act as the responsible clinician and undertake mental health act assessments, and participate in audit and service development.

This is a full-time post (40 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

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