Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist (Wandsworth)

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in London seeks a Consultant for its Perinatal team. The ideal candidate will provide clinical leadership to the team and ensure high-quality care for women experiencing perinatal mental health issues. Applicants must hold a primary medical degree and Full GMC registration, with experience in General Adult psychiatry being advantageous. This role involves leading responsibilities, team supervision, and commitment to ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Primary Medical degree required.
• Must have Full GMC registration.
• Experience in General Adult psychiatry at a senior level is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead perinatal care for the residents of Wandsworth borough.
• Supervise junior medical staff and other disciplines in an integrated team.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Team supervision

Liaison psychiatry experience

Continuing professional development

Education

Primary Medical degree

MRCPsych or equivalent

Included on the GMC's Specialist Register

Job description

Job Summary

This is a post within the well‑established Perinatal team at South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust. The post holder will be a member of the Trust’s wider Perinatal Mental Health Community Services Team (the Perinatal Team). The Team has been gradually expanding since 2017, as part of the national implementation of the NHS Long‑Term Plan. The Trust is part of the newly created South London Perinatal Provider Collaborative, alongside OXLEAS and SLaM.

This is a 7 PA Consultant post providing clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team responsible for the London Borough of Wandsworth, with shared responsibility with a second consultant (8 PAs).

Role Description

The vision for Perinatal Mental Health Community Services in South West London (SWL) is that every woman will understand how to access services to support the psychosocial wellbeing of herself, her infant and her family to prevent and manage mental illness. Women will be able to access specialist perinatal mental health care and treatment at the right time, the right level and the right location, and every clinician will understand how and where to refer women. With two points of access across SWL, provided in partnership by SLaM in Croydon and SWLStG in Richmond, Kingston, Sutton, Merton and Wandsworth, a high‑quality specialist service will be delivered for women with moderate to severe complexity related to their perinatal care. Early identification and treatment from a specialist perinatal community mental health team will be provided for women resident in the six South West London boroughs during the antenatal period until the postnatal period, expanding to 15 months in January 2024 and gradually building this up to 24 months.

Responsibilities

The post‑holder will lead, jointly with the other consultant, on the perinatal care for the residents of Wandsworth borough. See attached JDPS for detailed job description and main responsibilities.

Qualifications

Essential

• Primary Medical degree
• Full GMC registration
• MRCPsych or equivalent
• Included on the GMCs Specialist Register or eligible for such inclusion (or a higher psychiatry trainee within six months of completing their CCT).
• Section 12 & Approved Clinician status under the Mental Health Act, or willing to apply for such approval once in post.

Desirable

• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry, or subspecialty CCT in Liaison Psychiatry and significant experience of General Adult psychiatry at a senior level.
• Experience of working in liaison psychiatry at Consultant/Higher Specialist trainee for at least a year.
• Other higher degrees or further training relevant to the post.

Critical Expertise in Specialty

• Completed minimum of three years full time training in approved higher psychiatric training scheme.
• Engage in continuing professional development and join a Peer Group to gain approval for CPD done.

Management & Audit

• Commitment to developing practice through clinical audit, quality improvement, and working with colleagues in the liaison psychiatry team, the acute trust, and managers.

Research and Publications

• Evidence of publications or research experience.

Teaching

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry.

Personal Skills

• Ability to provide clinical leadership.
• Willingness to supervise junior medical staff and staff from other disciplines.
• Willingness to work flexibly in an integrated team providing services to working age and older adults.
• Willingness to take on fair share of Trust‑wide duties where necessary.
• Commitment to personal and service development.
• Personal circumstances – able to participate in Consultants’ on‑call rota.

Additional Information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check – This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required.

Certificate of Sponsorship – Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration – Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer – South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust, Springfield University Hospital, 15 Springfield Drive, London, SW17 7DJ.