The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Directorate of Southwest London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is a well-established provider of mental health services to the population of Southwest London. We offer highly specialist CAMHS services, combining expertise in CYP moderate to severe mental health services, we are embedding I-Thrive across our Boroughs.

The Consultant will work in the Merton CAMHS Team which provides Multidisciplinary assessment, care co-ordination and treatment for young people identified as having a moderate mental health problem. The Consultant will carry 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.

Responsibilities:

• Provide medical leadership within the team
• Be available within normal working hours for urgent assessments, including mental health act assessments
• Conduct assessments in Tier 3, usually one-two a week, depending on active case load
• Provide treatment with medication and mental state monitoring
• Manage ADHD Shared care caseload of 80-100 and non-shared care caseload of 140
• Conduct CPA reviews with care coordinators and team members as agreed with the team manager
• Perform assessments at the local District General Hospitals for psychiatric emergencies
• Occasionally conduct psychiatric assessments outside the team base, e.g., home visits
• Attend occasional GP liaison meetings and meetings with colleagues in paediatrics and community paediatrics
• Liaise with the London Borough of Richmond children's social care and education departments

Requirements:

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• CCT or equivalent in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Excellent knowledge in specialty, especially the assessment and management of neuro-developmental disorders in children and adolescents
• Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
• Ability to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement
• Participation in continuous professional development, research, or service evaluation

Benefits:

• Flexible working
• Career development
• Variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment

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The post-holder will provide section 12 cover for the acute hospital between 9am and 5pm in the general hospital. They will also lead on providing S.12 cover for the ED and AAU working-age patient presentations.

The ideal candidate will have a primary medical degree, full GMC registration, and inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register or eligible for such inclusion within three months of completing their CCT. They will also have section 12 (2) approval of the Mental Health Act.

In return for your hard work, we offer a competitive salary of £113,565 to £150,569 per annum, inclusive of inner London, and a range of benefits to support your career development and well-being.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide medical leadership to the Kingston Hospital Liaison Psychiatry Team
• Work closely with the Team Manager to ensure a safe, efficient, and effective service
• Participate in systems of audit and clinical governance
• Provide section 12 cover for the acute hospital
• Lead on providing S.12 cover for the ED and AAU working-age patient presentations

Person Specification:

• Primary medical degree
• Full GMC registration
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register or eligible for such inclusion
• Section 12 (2) approval of the Mental Health Act
• MRCPsych or equivalent
• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry
• Qualification in a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT or MBT
• Qualifications in change management and service development skills

Benefits:

• Competitive salary of £113,565 to £150,569 per annum
• Flexible working
• Career development opportunities
• A range of benefits to support your well-being

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This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic and dynamic consultant psychiatrist to join this well-established in-patient eating disorders unit, with well-functioning MDT and good national and international reputation.

The Adult Eating Disorder services comprise of the following: inpatient unit - Avalon ward, outpatient service and day unit. All are located in a new, state of the art Trinity building.

The Trust operates as part of the South London Partnership (SLP) - a collaboration between the 3 trusts providing Mental health services for the 12 Boroughs of South London.

Avalon Ward is an 18 beds, providing care for local and national patients, mostly from Surrey, Sussex and Kent, with eating disorders requiring inpatient treatment.

Job Responsibilities: The appointed consultant will provide overall clinical responsibility for the inpatient assessment, care and treatment of adults on Avalon ward.

• Support effective team functioning and work with a part-time Consultant colleague and the team and directorate in service development initiatives.
• Ensure the team delivers a high-quality and innovative service, develops new treatment ideas in keeping with current evidence, continually evaluates the treatment and works nationally towards improvement of services for patients with eating disorders.
• Engage in work and initiatives within South London Provider Collaborative and in training opportunities, as well as in teaching of students and trainees.

Person Specification:

• Primary Medical degree
• Full GMC registration
• MRCPsych, or equivalent
• General Adult 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
• 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
• Commitment to developing practice through clinical audit and/or research
• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry

Benefits:

• Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year Per annum pro rata, plus London zone allowance

Job Details:

• Date posted: 21 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Grade: Consultant
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 294-MEDI-0479-ABM-E
• Job locations: Avalon Ward, Trinity Building, Springfield Hospital, London

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The 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.

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 12 months, on average, there were 12 admissions/transfers in, and 10 discharges/transfers out per month.

Job Responsibilities:

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

Person Specification: Essential:

• 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)
• 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
• Management of complex mental illness
• Teamwork
• Communication
• 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
• 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

Desirable:

• Qualification in a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT or MBT
• 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
• Up to date knowledge and skills of physical health in general keeping with role as a doctor
• Ongoing commitment to CPD
• Personal experience of mental health problems
• Evidence of active engagement in audit/quality improvement
• Evidence of recent appraisal

Benefits:

• Salary: £63,696 to £102,689 a year plus London Zone Allowance

Contract Details:

• Fixed term contract for 12 months
• Full-time (10 PAs)

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The post is Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm, with no regular weekend, bank holiday or late duty commitments currently required.

The postholder will deliver specialist clinical pharmacy services aimed at reducing hospital admissions through medicines optimisation, improving patient and carer experience with prescribed medicines, enhancing physical health monitoring and management, and strengthening communication between secondary and primary care. Opportunities to develop and utilise Non-Medical Prescribing skills will be available.

You will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team working across community mental health services. The role offers an exciting opportunity to influence and shape service development, supporting service users to optimise their medicines and achieve better health outcomes.

This role will primarily support community mental health services across the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver specialist medicines optimisation services to community mental health teams, promoting the safe, effective and person-centred use of medicines.
• Work closely with psychiatrists, non-medical prescribers, care coordinators, GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team to optimise treatment and support recovery.
• Undertake medication reviews and make recommendations to initiate, optimise, switch or discontinue medicines where appropriate.
• Support the early identification and appropriate use of clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotics to improve outcomes and reduce the risk of relapse and hospital admission.
• Promote relapse prevention through medicines optimisation, adherence support, patient education and proactive management of medication-related side effects.
• Improve physical health outcomes through medicines optimisation, physical health monitoring and collaborative working with primary care colleagues.
• Provide expert advice and education to service users, carers and healthcare professionals to support informed decision-making and medication adherence.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit, research and education initiatives across the borough.
• Help shape and improve prescribing practice through clinical leadership, evidence-based recommendations and collaborative working.

Benefits

• Flexible working
• Career development
• A variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

• Essential:
• Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Higher Degree/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/Diploma in Psychiatric therapeutics
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
• Desirable:
• Member of the CMHP
• Member of the RPS
• Independent Prescribing qualification
• Registered non-medical prescriber
• Practice/Educational Supervisor
• QII training or equivalent experience

Experience

• Essential:
• Demonstrable advanced experience of working as a clinical pharmacist practitioner in mental health
• Appropriate clinical experience and expertise in Mental Health
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of developing & delivering training and education to the multidisciplinary team
• Experience of developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating protocols and guidelines
• Desirable:
• Experience of clinical practice in community mental health settings
• Experience of managing change
• Previous experience in undertaking audit and research
• Use of EPMA

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The role involves providing specialist psychological assessments, formulating and implementing plans for formal psychological treatment and management of clients' mental health problems, and evaluating treatment options.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing specialist psychological assessments of clients
• Formulating and implementing plans for formal psychological treatment and management
• Evaluating treatment options and making decisions about care plans
• Providing specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to other professionals
• Undertaking risk assessment and risk management for individual clients

The post requires doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, registration with the Health & Care Professions Council, and significant experience in specialist psychological assessment and treatment.

We offer flexible working arrangements, career development opportunities, and a range of benefits to support our team members.

Salary: £63,665 to £70,887 per annum, inclusive of Outer London HCAS.

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The role involves direct assessments and interventions with service users, as well as indirect work to support the whole team in gaining a psychological perspective when formulating and planning interventions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting direct work with service users, including assessments, formulations, crisis planning, and care planning
• Providing brief psychological interventions to address difficulties such as emotion regulation and relapse prevention
• Contributing to team meetings to communicate a psychology perspective in planning care
• Engaging with other stakeholders to establish treatment needs when discharged from the Liaison team
• Supporting people presenting in A&E with mental health crises and working with inpatients who have co-occurring mental health difficulties
• Providing regular reflective practice, teaching, and case formulations to the team
• Opportunity for supervision of clinical psychology trainees

The salary for this role is £63,665 to £70,887 a year pro rata per annum, inclusive of Inner London HCAs.

The trust offers flexible working, career development, and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which employees and their careers can thrive.

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The Consultant will work closely with the Ward Manager to ensure a safe, efficient and effective service that meets the Trust's Key Performance Indicators. The post-holder will provide medical leadership on Ward 1.

Responsibilities:

• Manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff
• Ensure junior medical staff operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant
• Undertake administrative duties and record keeping associated with patient care
• Participate in service and business planning activity for the Ward and the whole mental health service
• Carry a mobile smart phone during working hours and be contactable by team members and colleagues
• Work flexibly and creatively as part of a multidisciplinary team promoting informed risk taking and anti-discriminatory practice
• Communicate clearly and effectively with staff of all major disciplines concerned with provision of mental health care
• Participate in annual appraisal for consultants
• Attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars
• Maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2)/AC approval, and abide by professional codes of conduct
• Participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager
• Work with local managers and professional colleagues to ensure efficient running of services
• Comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions

Requirements:

• Primary Medical degree
• Full GMC registration
• MRCPsych, or equivalent
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry or eligible for such inclusion
• Section 12 (2) approval of the Mental Health Act
• Completed minimum of three years full-time training in approved higher psychiatric training scheme
• Detailed knowledge of main treatment approaches for severe mental illness including psychopharmacological interventions

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The post-holder will provide section 12 cover for the acute hospital between 9am and 5pm in the general hospital. They will also lead on providing S.12 cover for the ED and AAU working-age patient presentations.

The ideal candidate will have a detailed knowledge of main treatment approaches for severe mental illness, including psychopharmacological interventions. They will be able to engage in continuing professional development and commit to developing practice through clinical audit, quality improvement, and working with colleagues in the liaison psychiatry team.

The salary for this post is £113,565 to £150,569 per annum, inclusive of inner London.

Responsibilities:

• Provide medical leadership to the Kingston Hospital Liaison Psychiatry Team
• Work closely with the Team Manager to ensure a safe, efficient, and effective service
• Participate in systems of audit and clinical governance
• Provide section 12 cover for the acute hospital
• Lead on providing S.12 cover for the ED and AAU working-age patient presentations

Requirements:

• 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
• Completed minimum of three years full-time training in approved Higher Psychiatric training scheme
• Detailed knowledge of main treatment approaches for severe mental illness, including psychopharmacological interventions

Benefits:

• Flexible working
• Career development opportunities
• Variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment

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The post holder will have a proven interest in working with parents and their infants and knowledge of infant and adult mental health. Appropriate specialist clinical and professional supervision and opportunities for training and development will be made available.

The successful candidate will join an experienced and friendly team of psychological therapists who provide a range of highly specialist psychological interventions for service users under the care of the Perinatal Mental Health Team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing highly specialist psychological care to parents and their infants experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties
• Assessing and managing risk in this context
• Understanding of working with clients presenting with complex emotional needs
• Utilising research skills for audits, service evaluation, and service development

The role involves providing specialist psychological assessment and treatment, attending ward and community MDT meetings, triaging referrals, assessing and signposting to other services, and liaising with midwives, obstetricians, and primary, secondary and third sector care providers.

The salary for this position ranges from £66,274 to £73,496 per annum, inclusive of Inner London HCAs.

The Trust offers flexible working, career development, and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which employees and their careers can thrive.

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The post holder will have a proven interest in working with parents and infants and knowledge of infant and adult mental health. Training as a parent-infant therapist is desirable but not essential. Appropriate specialist clinical and professional supervision and opportunities for training and development will be made available.

Main Duties of the Job:

• Provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessments and interventions to service users and their infants
• Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for managing an identified caseload of parents and infants with complex psychological problems
• Enable staff and service users to flourish by creating a psychologically safe and responsive environment
• Provide consultation to other members of the MDT and wider professional networks
• Undertake service evaluation, research, and policy development
• Work collaboratively as a member of the multi-disciplinary team

Responsibilities:

• Provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessments of parent-infant dyads
• Formulate and implement plans for the formal psychotherapeutic treatment and/or management of difficulties within the parent-infant relationship
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options
• Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients
• Provide specialist psychotherapeutic advice, guidance, consultation, and training to other professionals

Requirements:

• Full/Completed training in Adult Psychodynamic or Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy or Child Psychotherapy or Systemic Family Therapy OR Doctoral level training or equivalent in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
• Professional registration with HCPC, UKCP, BPC, or ACP
• Experience of parent-infant observation as part of training and/or clinical work
• Experience of formulating difficulties within the parent-infant relationship
• Experience of drawing upon attachment models and parent-infant relational models

Benefits:

• Flexible working
• Career development
• Variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment

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This is a full-time post at South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust, based at Springfield Hospital, Tooting, London.

The post is being offered at the equivalent of Core Trainee level, and the appointment would be at a grade based on the qualifications and experience of the applicant.

The post will be for 4 months initially to cover a gap in the Resident Doctor rotation.

Responsibilities:

• Work as part of an MDT in in-patient psychiatric wards
• Clinical supervisor will be the ward consultant
• Participation in the Daytime Duty Doctor cover is mandatory

Benefits:

• Flexible working
• Career development
• Various benefits to enable a positive working environment

Requirements:

• MBBS or equivalent
• GMC Registered
• 2 years of foundation training or equivalent
• Experience of management of mental health conditions under supervision

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The post-holder will be responsible for:

• Providing section 12 cover for the acute hospital between 9am and 5pm in the general hospital
• Leading on providing S.12 cover for the ED and AAU working-age patient presentations
• Working across the whole over-18 age spectrum at times, while taking the clinical lead with patients who are over 65
• Participating in systems of audit and clinical governance
• Engaging in continuing professional development

The salary for this post is £113,565 to £150,569 per annum, inclusive of inner London.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A primary medical degree
• Full GMC registration
• Inclusion 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
• Experience of working in a liaison psychiatry service
• Knowledge of main treatment approaches for severe mental illness, including psychopharmacological interventions

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