Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist - Wandsworth IRH

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking mental health trust as a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist. This role offers the opportunity to provide exceptional psychiatric care and leadership within a multi-disciplinary team. You will be instrumental in transforming mental health services, ensuring recovery-focused care, and contributing to the training of future psychiatrists. With a commitment to diversity and community engagement, this position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in the mental health landscape of South West London. Embrace the chance to thrive in an inclusive environment while shaping the future of mental health care.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Support for Armed Forces Community

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and MRCPsych or equivalent required.
• Experience in teaching and clinical leadership is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality clinical leadership and psychiatric care.
• Lead training for core and higher psychiatry trainees.
• Ensure effective mental health care delivery and documentation.

Skills

Psychiatric Care

Clinical Leadership

Risk Assessment

Teaching Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Primary Medical Degree

MRCPsych or equivalent

Qualification in Talking Therapy (CBT, DBT, MBT)

Job description

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 294-MEDI-0401-CS

Site Trinity Building Town London Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/02/2025 23:59

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".

When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Central Wandsworth & West Battersea IRH based at Springfield Hospital, London SW17. The role is being offered as 10PAs on a substantive basis, plus an optional extra 1PA for a 2 year fixed term period (worth an extra £18-25k over two years) to develop and deliver additional expertise and special interests in line with our community services or Trust needs.

The CWWB IRH provides care for working age adults who live in the Wandsworth and experience severe or enduring mental illness. The IRH is one of four within the borough, with care provided according to GP/PCN alignment. The post sits within a well-established MDT including a Specialty/Specialist doctor as well as this post. It works closely with a separate Consultant-led Assessment team and interfaces with a consultant-led Home Treatment Team and in-patient wards. There are also specialist teams for Early Intervention in Psychosis, and Personality Disorder.

Main duties of the job

Our Trust services are transforming and integrating as part of the country wide community mental health NHS transformation programme. In Wandsworth the Trust is also involved in the Ethnicity and Mental Health Improvement Project (EMHIP); a collaborative project involving SWLSTG Trust, South West London Integrated Care System and networks of BME voluntary, faith and community groups, convened by the Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network (WCEN). It’s aim is to reduce ethnic inequalities in access, experience and outcome of mental health care.

The post-holder will work alongside a full-time specialist doctor and will be clinically responsible for providing high quality clinical leadership and psychiatric care to patients under the care of the team, lead on the training of core and higher psychiatry trainees in the team, and contribute to the teaching of St George’s University of London Medical Students. The postholder will work closely with a Team manager, an advanced clinical practitioner and a dedicated Clinical Service Manager for the Borough. Supervisory support is available from the Associate Clinical Director for Wandsworth as needed.

If you are a dynamic and established consultant psychiatrist fully registered with the GMC as well as holding S12 approval under the Mental Health Act or are a high trainee within nine months of being eligible for this grade, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. T he Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Ensuring the delivery of effective, efficient and safe, recovery focused mental health care.
2. Medical leadership, working in the multi-disciplinary team and working closely with the Consultant Psychiatrists and other teams (around referral and liaison) and occasionally their Associate Clinical Director within their borough or service line.
3. Delivery of the day-to-day clinical care, risk assessment, risk management, initiation of medication, and the recovery focused care delivered by the Teams.
4. Attending weekly clinical team meetings and performing medical duties that are decisions of that meeting.
5. Availability within normal working hours 5 days a week for urgent review and management including formal Mental Health Act assessments.
6. Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working with social care, statutory and voluntary and third sector partners.
7. Compiling a patient’s history from a number of sources, and preparing case summaries and discharge summaries.
8. Compile reports for MHRT and attend on behalf of RC when this deemed appropriate (CTO patients).
9. To take part in the discharge planning, CPAs and advising primary care colleagues.
10. Liaising with other clinical teams within and outside the trust.
11. Liaising with general practitioners and medical specialists with regards the physical health of the patients.
12. Undertake urgent psychiatric assessments when necessary.
13. Domiciliary visits as required.
14. Ensure effective and timely documentation and communication of clinical decision making and management plans.

Please refer attached JDPS for more details.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Primary Medical degree.
• Full GMC registration.
• MRCPsych, or equivalent. Included on the GMC Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry or eligible for such inclusion on the Specialist Registrar within three months of completing their CCT.
• Section 12 (2) approval of the Mental Health Act.
• Qualification in another specialism.
• Qualification in a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT or MBT.
• Qualifications in change management and service development skills.

KNOWLEDGE: & EXPERIENCE:

• Completed minimum of three years full time training in approved higher psychiatric training scheme.
• A detailed knowledge of main treatment approaches for severe mental illness including psychopharmacological interventions.
• Knowledge and experience of the CPA process, risk assessment and risk management.
• Experience of teaching medical and non-medical staff, including those who may not have a formal qualification.

AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT:

• Commitment to developing practice through clinical audit and/or research.
• Commitment to working with allied agencies including carer’s groups, and local charities.
• Experience of service planning and development.
• Experience of working with third sector partners.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:

• Evidence of participation in research, and outcomes of studies.
• Higher degree in research Completion of a research project and evidence of its dissemination.
• Publication in a peer reviewed journal.

TEACHING

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry.
• Teaching Qualification.
• Evidence of feedback good from students.

PERSONAL SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS:

• Ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Ability to inspire others.
• Ability to provide good clinical leadership.
• Ability to effect change.
• Ability to negotiate and collaborate with first, second and third sector organisations to identify shared agendas and meet common goals.
• Willingness to supervise junior medical staff and staff from allied disciplines.
• Willingness to take on a fair share of Trustwide duties.
• Commitment to personal, team and service development.
• Ability to work co-operatively in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to manage and adapt to change.
• Personal experience of mental illness.
• Personal experience of social distress.
• Evidence of helping others who have suffered physical, mental or social misfortune.
• Evidence of seeking feedback as a way of improving one’s skills.

At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.

As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:

• BME (Evolve) Staff Network
• DiverseAbility
• Mental Health Staff Forum
• Women's Staff Network
• LGBTQIA+

We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and has signed the Armed Forces Covenant.

We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.

Please note:

• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received.
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system.
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful.
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees.
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
• That your employment is offered subject to successful completion of a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles).
• That we are a smoke-free Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.