Specialty Doctor - Older Adult Psychiatry

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Specialty Doctor - Older Adult Psychiatry

The closing date is 15 January 2026

The Trust is seeking to appoint a full time Specialty Doctor within the Richmond Older People CommunityPsychiatry team.

This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic and dynamic Doctor with experience in Older Adult Psychiatry to join thiseffective, friendly and rewarding service.

In order to be shortlisted for this role, candidates must have a minimum of 4 years clinical experience as follows:

• 2 years Foundation Training (i.e. FY1 and FY2) or equivalent experience
• 2 years post Foundation Training ( i.e. CT1/ ST1 - CT2/ST2) or equivalent experience.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work closely with a senior Consultant providing support and must demonstrate a commitment to clinical excellence and an ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, in order to provide excellent medical service to the patients. This is a varied role and will include working across the Memory Assessment Service, Care Home Liaison Service and the Recovery and Support Team.

About us

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 aMental 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.

Job responsibilities

In this post the Specialty Doctor will participate in the work of the Older Adult Psychiatry team in a large, general teaching hospital. He/she will undertake supervised psychiatric assessment and treatment of patients.

The post holder will work across all sub-teams ( Memory Assessment Service, Recovery Support Team and Care Home Liaison Service) to provide a high quality of care with an on-going commitment to strive for the highest standard of clinical care as well as the need to maximise service user and carer experience drawing on both knowledge and Evidence Based Practice.

Richmond Mental Health Services for Older People provide specialist assessments and care for those aged over 75 years, and those with a confirmed diagnosis of dementia of all ages, although there is flexibility depending on need.

Please refer attached JDPS for detailed information

For further details / informal visits contact: Medical Staffing

Person Specification QUALIFICATIONS

• Primary Medical degree.
• Full GMC registration
• At least 4 years postgraduate medical experience, of which at least 2 years working in psychiatry
• Eligible for S12 approval and able to obtain this within 6 months of appointment
• MRCPsych or equivalent
• Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act

KNOWLEDGE: & EXPERIENCE:

• Experience of general adult psychiatry
• Assessment of simple or complex mental illness
• Teamwork ,Communication ,Ongoing commitment to CPD
• Experience of Older Adult 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

• 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
• 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

£61,542 to £99,216 a yearPer annum pro rata plus London Zone Allowance