Locum Consultant- Wandsworth

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an senior psychiatrist to work 6PAs in the Wandsworth Perinatal Team. This is a fix-term contract for six months due to a secondment of the substantive consultant to another service.

There is a well-established multidisciplinary team across the Trust, who work collaboratively with other mental health services, maternity service and the health visiting teams. There are existing networks withing South West London, and we are part of the new South London Perinatal Provider Collaborative with OXLEAS and SLaM Mental Health Trusts.

Our team is driven by delivering excellent clinical care, with a number of ongoing quality improvement projects and many service development opportunities, within our Trust, but also across the South London Perinatal Provider Collaborative.

The Perinatal Team was accredited by the Perinatal Quality Standards Network, Royal College of Psychiatrist, in 2023, and we have been recognised for having an excellent record in retention and recruitment, alongside good and positive feedback in the annual staff survey.

Main duties of the job

This is a post within the well-established Perinatal team at South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust. The post holder will be a member of the Trust’s wider Perinatal Mental Health Community Services Team (the Perinatal Team). The Team has been gradually expanding since 2017, as part of the national implementation of the NHS Long-Term Plan. The Trust is part of the newly created South London Perinatal Provider Collaborative, alongside OXLEAS and SLaM.

This is a 6PA ST6 Acting up Consultant post providing clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team responsible for the London Borough of Wandsworth.

About us

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust is a well-established organisational 1994, providing mental health services to a local population of over 1 million people across the Boroughs of Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth. In general, the population of SW London is more affluent than other sectors of London and many people in the boroughs served by the Trust are highly educated and assertive in demanding the services they want. There are also pockets of deprivation, and service provision is therefore carefully attuned to the requirements of the population as a whole. The Trust’s vision is “A future in which people with mental health problems have the same opportunity as other citizens to participate in and contribute to our communities.” The Trust values are Respectful, Open, Compassionate, Collaborative and Consistent. We are an inclusive organisation, looking for people who live these qualities when delivering care and supporting service users and families.

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