Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Kingston Hospital in London

Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Kingston Hospital

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Main area Kingston Hospital Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract 12 months (Fixed Term) Hours 10 sessions per week (Full Time) Job ref 294-MEDI-0514-EO

Site Kingston Hospital Town Kingston, Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum inclusive of inner London Salary period Yearly Closing 15/11/ :59

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

Post and specialty: This is an established post

Base: Kingston Hospital, Galsworthy Road, Kingston, KT2 7QB

Contract: Full Time fixed term locum

Tenure and start date: Fixed term locum 10 Aug 2026 to 9 Aug 2027

Main duties of the job

The Consultant will provide medical leadership to Kingston Hospital Liaison Psychiatry Team. The Consultant will work closely with the Team Manager to ensure a safe, efficient and effective service that meets the Trust’s Key Performance Indicators.

While individual clinicians within the team have responsibility for the clinical care they deliver, the consultant shares with the team manager and other team members responsibility for ensuring the care delivered by the team is safe and of a good standard. This includes participating in systems of audit and clinical governance, working to resolve problems on their own initiative, and where necessary drawing any concerns they have been unable to resolve themselves to the attention of the team manager and others.

Working for our organisation

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Kingston Hospital Liaison Psychiatry service has been established over a number of years, and since 2015 has provided a 24/7 service.

The Older Adult Psychiatry specialists are integrated with the clinicians providing services to working age adults. This model ensures that colleagues in the general hospital have a single point of referral, and that expertise in old age psychiatry and general adult psychiatry are shared within the team.

For the person appointed to this Consultant post, it will be particularly important to be willing to work across the whole over-18 age spectrum at times, while taking the clinical lead with patients who are over 65 (the group targeted by the older adults practitioners).

The post-holder will provide section 12 cover for the acute hospital between 9am and 5pm in the general hospital. This is shared with the other Consultant and the Associate Specialist in the team.

The post-holder would lead on providing S.12 cover for the ED and AAU working age patient presentations, unless the consultants are providing cross- cover for each other. The Older Adults Liaison Consultant would lead on providing S.12 cover for that age group presentations in the acute hospital.

The three senior clinicians in the team provide joint teaching to medical students, junior doctors and nurses.

This timetable may be changed in consultation with the Clinical Director in accordance with the Job Plan and Trust Clinical Governance Procedures.

Please see attached JDPS for more details

Person specification

Qualifications

• Primary Medical degree.
• Full GMC registration
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register 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
• MRCPsych, or equivalent. Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry
• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry.
• Qualification in a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT or MBT
• Qualifications in change management and service development skills
• Other higher degrees or further training relevant to the post.

QUALIFICATIONS: KNOWLEDGE: & EXPERIENCE: Critical Expertise in Specialty

• 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:

• Engage in continuing professional development, and join a Peer Group to gain approval for CPD done.
• Commitment to developing practice through clinical audit, quality improvement, and working with colleagues in the liaison psychiatry team, the acute trust, and managers. 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

AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:

• Evidence of participation in research, and outcomes of studies
• Higher degree in research Completion of a research project and evidence of its dissemination
• Publication in a peer reviewed journal

AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:

• Evidence of participation in research, and outcomes of studies
• Higher degree in research Completion of a research project and evidence of its dissemination
• Publication in a peer reviewed journal

TEACHING:

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry
• Teaching Qualification Evidence of feedback good from students

At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.

As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:

• BME (Evolve) Staff Network
• DiverseAbility
• Mental Health Staff Forum
• Women's Staff Network
• LGBTQIA+

We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and has signed the Armed Forces Covenant.

We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.

Name Dr Adrian Wong Job title Associate CD and Consultant Psychiatrist Email address Telephone number Additional information

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Vacancy closing Date: 15th November2026 (midnight)

Interview Date: Interview Date: TBC

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES.

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