Consultant Psychiatrist Twickenham Integrated Recovery Hub
Posted 4 days 20 hours ago by NHS
Go back South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
The closing date is 11 October 2025
Main duties of the jobThe post will be managerially/operationally accountable to the Clinical Director for the Community (adult) Service Line and responsible to the Associate Clinical Director for the borough.
The Consultant will have Section 12 (2) approval of the Mental Health Act and Approved Clinician status. (or eligibility)
Clinical Duties of Post Holder
Medical leadership, working in the multi-disciplinary team and working closely with, and providing cross-cover to other Consultant Psychiatrists and occasionally their Associate Clinical Director within their borough or service line.
Overall responsibility for the day-to-day clinical care, risk assessment, risk management, initiation of medication, and the recovery focused care delivered by the Team
Availability within normal working hours 5 days a week for urgent review and management including formal Mental Health Act assessments.
Domiciliary visits as required.
Providing cross-cover for the Consultant colleagues where necessary.
Management of complex cases
Allocation of resources, in collaboration with the team manager, to service users and carers.
Ensuring the delivery of effective, efficient and safe, recovery focused mental health care.
Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working with social care, statutory and voluntary and third sector partners.
About usThe Trust has an excellent reputation for developing innovative clinical services including the Recovery College and SUN Project. Our Recovery College has been visited by overseas healthcare commissioners, who have gone on to develop similar services abroad in collaboration with our Trust. The Trust is also proud to have also developed a range of new, progressive, public facing services including Crisis Cafes and a Mental Health Support Line.
The Trust also provides a range of national services, the advice and expertise of which can be easily called upon for the benefit of CMHT patients.
Following a CQC Inspection in 2018 the Trust became one a few Mental Health Trusts to have achieved a "Good" rating.
The Trusts Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 21-24 strives to achieve the following outcomes by 2024.
Job responsibilitiesTo manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trusts personnel policies and procedures.
To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.
To undertake the administrative duties and record keeping associated with the care of patients.
To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
To carry a mobile smart phone during working hours provided and pain for by the Trust and be contactable by members of the team and other colleagues by phone and email.
To work flexibly and creatively as part of a multidisciplinary team promoting informed risk taking and anti-discriminatory practice.
To communicate clearly and effectively with staff of all major disciplines concerned with provision of mental health care.
To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.
To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation.
To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
To comply with the Trusts agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
Please see attached JDPS for detailed Job Description and main responsibilities
Person Specification Qualifications- Primary Medical degree
- Full GMC registration
- MRCPsych, or equivalent
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register for 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 a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT or MBT
- Qualifications in change management and service development skills
- 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
- 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
- Evidence of participation in research, and outcomes of studies
- Higher degree in research Completion of a research project and evidence of it's dissemination
- Publication in a peer reviewed journal
- Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry
- Teaching Qualification
- Evidence of feedback good from students
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum pro rata plus London Zone Allowance