Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist- Kingston & Richmond

Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist - Kingston & Richmond

The closing date is 16 November 2025

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 an 8PA Consultant post providing clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team responsible for the London Borough of Richmond. This is a new post, arising because of service expansion

Main duties of the job

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. Every woman will be able to access specialist perinatal mental health care and treatment at the right time, at the right level and at 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 24months.

About us

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust was established in 1994, initially providing services in the London Boroughs of Merton and Wandsworth. The Trust now serves a local population of over 1 million people across the Boroughs of Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth. In general, the population of SW London is more affluent than other sectors of London and many people in the boroughs served by the Trust are highly educated and assertive in demanding the services they want. There are also pockets of deprivation across south west London and service provision is therefore carefully attuned to the requirements of the population as a whole.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will lead on the perinatal care for the residents of Richmond borough.

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 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.
• 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.

Ability to enhance specialty of mental health care provided 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.
• Experience of service planning Management or leadership experience or training

Research and Publications

• Evidence of publications or research experience

Teaching

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry
• Willingness to teach at undergraduate and postgraduate level

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. 14 - Commitment to personal and service development. Personal Circumstances - Able to participate in Consultants' on-call rota

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 Allowances