Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Department of Health Services & Population Research
Salary: £61,142 - £118,884, plus £2,162 London Weighting Allowance per annum.
Business unit: IoPPN
Department: Health Services & Population Research.
Location: Denmark Hill Campus
Category: Academic & Teaching.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive, clinical academic post in women’s mental health, consisting of six sessions based at the Health Service and Population Research (HSPR) Department at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), and four sessions as Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist in the South London and Maudsley (Lewisham) Perinatal Community Mental Health Service. The primary academic focus is on women’s mental health, particularly in the perinatal period, in relation to basic understanding, service requirements, and policy implications. This includes, but is not limited to, epidemiological, qualitative, and quantitative research into the gendered determinants of mental health problems, the impact of mental health problems on women and their families, and interventions to support women and their families. The successful candidate will carry out research and teaching and will be encouraged to develop collaborations, including with other departments across the IoPPN, the Department of Women and Children’s Health in the Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, and the Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People.   

Key academic responsibilities (6 sessions):

• To contribute to the women’s mental health research programme within the HSPR department and broader university, particularly the IoPPN. 
• To conduct and publish high quality, internationally recognised research outputs in peer-reviewed journals.  
• To secure external grant support for research activity. 
• To contribute to education (2 sessions) in the department, the IoPPN and the wider university, including leading the perinatal mental health module for iBSc and MSc students and contributing to teaching on other programmes, such as MSc Global Mental Health, MRCPsych, DClinPsy and undergraduate psychiatry. 

Key clinical activities (4 sessions):

• Service promotion/liaison with agencies that are sources of referral. 
• Psychopathological assessment of clients referred to the Lewisham perinatal mental health team. 
• Medical reviews. 
• Monitoring and treatment of patients at clinical high risk for perinatal relapse. 
• Mental Health Act work. 
• Chairing multidisciplinary team meetings. 
• Care co-ordination reviews. 
• Supervision of medical staff and clinical research workers. 
• Teaching core trainees, team members, other staff and medical students. 
• Mandatory and CPD training. 

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract (subject to a three-year probation period). This is a full-time post, but part-time options will be considered.

Contact details: Dr Sian Oram. sian.oram@kcl.ac.uk 

Closing date: 28 July 2024.

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