Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist

Go back South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist

The closing date is 26 October 2025

The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist for the South West Merton Integrated Recovery Hub. This is an established post. The vacancy has arisen because of the substantive postholder has resigned from the post.

This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, enthusiastic consultant psychiatrist to join this dynamic team.

Main duties of the job

The postholder with provide medical and clinical leadership to the South West Merton Integrated Recovery Hub (IRH) within Adult Mental Health Services for Merton. The South West Merton IRH (with internal GP alignment) is one of three such teams in the London Borough of Merton, the other being North East Merton IRH. Both IRHs provide treatment and care for those with more complex and enduring needs, alongside a Merton Primary Care Liaison Service which operates as a clearly defined single point of access for all community referrals and a Merton Home Treatment Team. In addition, there are separate community teams for Early Intervention in Psychosis (Sutton and Merton EIS) and a Complex Needs Service for people with Personality Disorder (Sutton and Merton CNS). There is also a Trust run Merton Talking Therapies service comprising of IAPT and wellbeing services for patients with mild/moderate mental health difficulties.

About us

The 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.

Job responsibilities

The 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)

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
• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry

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 it's 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,Ability to work co-operatively in multi- disciplinary teams Ability to manage and adapt to change
• 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
• 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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