Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Kingston Hospital

Job summary
Post and specialty: Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist
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.

About us
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.

Details
Date posted: 21 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum inclusive of inner London
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 294-MEDI-0514-EO

Job 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
Essential

• 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

Desirable

• 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 and Experience: Critical Expertise in Specialty
Essential

• 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

Desirable

• 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
Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• 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

Teaching
Essential

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry

Desirable

• Teaching Qualification Evidence of feedback good from students

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details
Employer name: South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
Address: Kingston Hospital, Galsworthy Road, Kingston, KT2 7QB, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Dr Adrian Wong, Associate CD and Consultant Psychiatrist, medicalstaffing@swlstg.nhs.uk, 07783894920

Closing date: 15 November 2026
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