Job summary
- Main area
- Liaison Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 294-MEDI-0433-CS
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston Hospital
- Town
- Kingston
- Salary
- £59,175 - £95,400 Per annum pro rata plus London Zone Allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in Liaison Psychiatry
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
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
The Trust is seeking a Specialty Doctor in Liaison Psychiatry for Kingston Hospital. This is an established post. The vacancy has arisen as a result of the retirement of current post holder.
This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic and dynamic Specialty Doctor in Liaison Psychiatry to join this effective, friendly and rewarding service.
Main duties of the job
The Specialty Doctor in Liaison Psychiatry will work with Liaison Psychiatry Consultant, Dr Bruce Tamilson, to provide medical cover to the hospital wards and the Accident and Emergency Department, whilst working within the Liaison Team. During daytime hours, the team sees patients above 18 years in all wards and departments, including the Emergency Department and Clinical Decisions Unit.
Working for our organisation
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.
The Trust also provides a range of national services, the advice and expertise of which can be easily called upon for the benefit of CMHT patients.
Following a CQC Inspection in 2018 the Trust became one a few Mental Health Trusts to have achieved a “Good” rating.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In this post the Specialty Doctor will participate in the work of the liaison psychiatry team in a large, general teaching hospital. He/she will undertake supervised psychiatric assessment and treatment of patients referred by non-psychiatric teams from Kingston Hospital.
Please refer attached JDPS for detailed information
For further details / informal visits contact: Medical Staffing
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical degree.
- Full GMC registration
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act
KNOWLEDGE: & EXPERIENCE:
Essential criteria
- Experience of general adult psychiatry
- Assessment of simple or complex mental illness
- Assessment of comorbid physical ill-health
- Teamwork ,Communication ,Ongoing commitment to CPD
Desirable criteria
- Experience of liaison psychiatry
- Experience of inpatient psychiatry
- Experience of crisis & home treatment
- Teaching experience
- Experience of managing physical and mental disorder at a middle-grade level
- Evidence of active engagement in audit/ quality improvement
- Evidence of recent appraisal
PERSONAL SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS
Essential criteria
- 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
- 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
- Ability to work co-operatively in multi- disciplinary teams Ability to manage and adapt to change
Desirable criteria
- 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 skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Medical Staffing
- Job title
- Medical Staffing
- Email address
- [email protected]
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