Job overview

Oxleas and the SAS Doctor Charter

Our focus is on ensuring that the huge contribution of SAS Doctors is valued and their personal development prioritised. Here are a few of the ways Oxleas recognises this:

§   After joining Oxleas you will be welcomed by our SAS Tutor, with a personal meeting to discuss your development needs and how Oxleas can help. 

§    You will have access to wide range of training and development days in Oxleas, and across the other South London NHS Trusts, which are specifically for SAS Doctors.

§      Anyone considering a CESR application will receive support from Oxleas and we are proud to have had successful applicants with several SAS Doctors who are currently in the process of applying. 

§    Recently introduced in Oxleas is that all substantive SAS doctors with seven or more years' in the grade will be eligible for two additional days of annual leave per annum.

The SAS Charter sets out what support Staff and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors have available and what they can expect from their employers.

Main duties of the job

The Trust is seeking a Specialty Doctor to support the Consultants within the mental health liaison team based at Green Parks House with a satellite office in A&E at Princess Royal University Hospital, 09.00 – 17.00 Monday to Friday on a 1 year fixed term basis.

The team aims to work collaboratively with service users, carers and family networks, in actively pursuing their goals and aspirations, whilst minimising the impact of their long-term mental health difficulties and fostering a culture of hope and empowerment. 

Within the context of a rehabilitation, enablement and recovery, the service aims to work with service users to:

•    Develop daily living skills and coping strategies and work towards greater independence;

• Develop a hopeful view of their future and realistic goals for their occupational, self-care, leisure, environmental and psychological needs;

•         Increase stability in their life and their carers’ lives;

•         Improve engagement with the mental health services:

•         Improve social networks and social inclusion;

• Have fewer hospital admissions or spend less time in hospital if admission is essential:

•  Promote independence through facilitating service users in moving on to less supported accommodation.

Working for our organisation

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England.  Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work.  It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts. 

“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family.  We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy.  Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.”

Ify Okocha

Chief Executive