Specialty Doctor - Ellis Ward

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Specialty Doctor - Ellis Ward

The closing date is 08 November 2026

The Trust is seeking an energetic and motivated specialty doctor, ideally with Section 12 Approval, to work on male only acute inpatient ward to support the consultant psychiatrist in providing high quality clinical care to our patients

Main duties of the job

This post is based at Tolworth Hospital, Red Lion Rd, Tolworth, Surbiton KT6 7QU. Ellis Ward forms part of the inpatient provision of the Trust's Acute and Urgent Care Service Line, which includes 8 acute adult wards and a PICU, based on 2 sites, Springfield Hospital in Tooting, and Tolworth Hospital in Surbiton.

There are 10 Programmed Activities. These clinical sessions will be on Ellis Ward, within the Inpatient Services of South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust ("the Trust").

The appointed Specialty Doctor will be clinically supervised by the Ellis Ward Consultant Psychiatrist (Dr Jose Felix Mendez Jimenez).

The job plan will be reviewed regularly and may be modified reflecting changing needs within the service.

Ellis ward is a mixed 20 bedded ward. Over the last 12months, on average, there were 12 admissions/transfers in, and 10 discharges/transfers out per month.

About us

South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust was formed in 1998. Springfield University Hospital in Tooting is the largest site from which the Trust operates and has provided mental health services since 1841. It provides a range of mental health, learning disability and substance misuse services.

The Trust was originally known as the Pathfinder NHS Trust in 1994 and provided services for Wandsworth and Merton. In subsequent years its strategy was to grow and to become the main statutory provider of mental health services for South West London. The Trust took on Putney and Roehampton services in 1998, Sutton Mental Health Services in 1999, and Kingston and Richmond services in 2001 as the former health authorities were disbanded and primary care trusts were established. The different histories of services in different boroughs are still reflected in service models, cultures and partnership arrangements but a recent move to Service Lines has enabled more homogeneity across the five London Boroughs the Trust now covers.

The Trust now provides mental health services to five London Boroughs: Wandsworth, Merton, Sutton, Kingston and Richmond.

Job responsibilities

Attending the 9am daily handover meeting and running MDT meetings in the absence of the consultant

Please see attached JDPS for detailed job description and main responsibilities

Training/Qualifications

• -Primary Medical degree
• -Full GMC registration.
• -MRCPsych or equivalent.
• -Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act (or to be acquired within 6-12 months of the start date of employment)
• -Qualification in a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT or MBT

Experience

• -Experience of adult acute psychiatric inpatient care.
• -A detailed knowledge of the Mental Health Act, the functions of the Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Managers' Hearings
• -Experience of writing reports of and attending Managers' Hearings and MHA Tribunals.
• -Experience of working with service users with complex needs including challenging or offending behaviours in general adult psychiatry
• -Knowledge and experience of the CPA process, risk assessment and risk management
• -Experience of working with people with alcohol and/or substance misuse.
• -Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry

Knowledge/Skills

• -Management of complex mental illness
• -Teamwork
• -Communication
• -Up to date knowledge and skills of physical health in general keeping with role as a doctor
• -Ongoing commitment to CPD

Personal Qualities

• -Capacity to communicate effectively and sensitively with others. -Capacity to work co-operatively with others and show leadership when appropriate. -Capacity to work effectively in multi-professional and multi-agency teams and to understand own role in team. -Capacity and motivation to treat others with understanding and sensitivity and to see patients as people. -Capacity to see beyond the obvious and to bring a range of approaches to solving problems.
• -Resilience to cope with external pressures and demands.
• -Punctuality. Ability to manage time and to prioritise tasks according to clinical and other needs.
• -Alertness to dangers and emerging situations
• -Professional and personal integrity
• -Good spoken and written English

Other

• -Personal experience of mental health problems
• -Evidence of active engagement in audit/ quality improvement
• -Evidence of recent appraisal

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

£63,696 to £102,689 a yearper annum plus London Zone Allowance