# Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult Inpatient Services **Company**: South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust **Location**: Tooting **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: contract **Salary**: £113,565 to £150,569 a year **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9294-26-0409?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_e289ea98-698 ## Description The Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist to work in our Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (P.I.C.U.) on Ward 1 to cover the maternity leave of the current post holder for a period of approximately 8 months. This post is based at Springfield Hospital, in Tooting, London SW17. 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 ## Skills ### Required - General Adult Psychiatry - Psychopharmacological interventions - Mental Health Act Section 12(2)/AC approval - GMC Specialist Register ### Nice to have - Qualification in a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT or MBT - Qualifications in change management and service development skills - Knowledge and experience of the CPA process, risk assessment and risk management --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9294-26-0409?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)