Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist - North Kingston IRH

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

Consultant Psychiatrist 10PAs

The SWLSTG Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist for the community mental health teams called North Kingston IRH (Integrated Recovery Hub) and Kingston SPA (Single point of Access). This is an established post. The vacancy has arisen because of the substantive postholders reducing their PA’s. This position is working across two teams 3 PAs in Kingston SPA (Assessment team) and the remaining 7 PAs in North Kingston IRH. (Generic CMHT)

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic and dynamic consultant psychiatrist to join these well-functioning teams with a strong clinical leadership. This opportunity will provide a diverse experience of assessing new patients and management of patients with SMI in medium to long term.

Working for our organisation

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust values their staff and invests in their career progression and development. The Trust is provider of the full range of mental health services in South West London. It was established in 1994 initially providing services in the London Boroughs of Merton and Wandsworth. The Trust has grown substantially over the years and now serves a local population of over 1 million people across the Boroughs of Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will provide medical leadership to North Kingston IRH and Kingston SPA. The Consultant will work closely with both Team Managers and other consultant colleagues to ensure a safe, efficient and effective service that meets the Trust’s Key Performance Indicators.

Please see attached JDPS for detailed Job Description and main responsibilities