Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - St Hellier Hospital

A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

Post and specialty

Consultant Psychiatrist

This is an established post

Base

St Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton,

Sutton, London

Contract

Full Time fixed term locum 10 PA (DCC 7.5 PA, SPA 2.5PA)

Tenure and start date

Fixed term locum- 22 Jul 2026 to 21 Jan 2027

Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - 10PAs

6 months Fixed Term Contract

The Consultant will provide medical leadership to St Helier 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.

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.

The Liaison Psychiatry Service at St Helier Hospital is a well-established part of the Acute and Urgent Care Service Line within South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. It is a service for people either admitted to, or being seen as an outpatient at, the St Helier Hospital site including the Emergency Department and the Acute Medical Unit.

Within the broad definitions outlined above, the team provide a range of services.

These include

· A liaison service for patients currently on wards as inpatients;

· Outpatients suffering from a physical illness or disorder but with associated mental health problems or in need of a mental health assessment;

· A consultation/advice service for healthcare professionals on the St Helier Hospital site about the psychiatric and psychological treatment and management of individual patients or more general issues regarding their patient group;

· The assessment and initial psychological treatment of patients presenting with episodes of self harm, primarily in the Emergency Department but also on the wards. This will include the initiation of a risk management plan

· The assessment and treatment of patients presenting with a mental health crisis at the Emergency Department

· Support and advice to carers

· Education and training for acute hospital staff on the assessment, management and referral of patients with mental illness.

Please see attached JDPS for more details

This advert closes on Monday 4 May 2026