Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry - Crocus Ward


Company:	South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata plus London Zone Allowance
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Tolworth, KT6 7QU
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	15 Jul 2026
Closing date:	14 Aug 2026

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Summary

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

Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry - Crocus (Inpatient) Ward

Full time – 10PAs

Permanent

The Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant Psychiatrist for one of our older Adult psychiatric wards - Crocus Ward, which a 19-bed older adult ward located within Springfield Hospital in Tooting.

The ward is a mixed functional and organic ward, so patients have a full range of mental health diagnoses, including Dementia.

This is a full-time post.

The vacancy has arisen as a result of current Consultant Psychiatrist leaving the post to move to another team in the Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic and dynamic consultant psychiatrist to join this well-established team. Crocus Ward is one of two older adult wards in the Trust, the other being Jasmine Ward based at Tolworth Hospital.

The post-holder will be located in the Springfield Hospital, Tooting.

The post-holder will be providing clinical leadership to the inpatient team, supporting whole MDT, carrying out Senior Reviews, family meetings, section 117 and discharge planning meetings, MDT reviews and Ward Rounds, working along with the CMHT consultants, the gate keeping of admissions and facilitating timely discharge back to the community.

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.

This Job Description may be subject to change reflecting service developments, particularly as Crocus ward moves to Tolworth Base in the new build planned

The Key roles and responsibilities of the post include

• Medical leadership on the ward.

• Availability within normal working hours, for urgent assessments including Mental Health Act assessments.

• Supporting the Ward Manager/Modern Matron in assessing patients requested for transfer from Adult Acute Admission Wards, as per the agreed transfer protocol.

• Carrying out Senior Reviews,

• Carrying out family meetings,

• Discharge planning sec.117 meetings,

• MDT reviews and Ward Rounds,

• Working along with the CMHT consultants, the gate keeping of admissions and facilitating timely discharge back to the community.

• The Consultant will receive cross- cover from Dr Matthew Francis (Crocus Ward Consultant) and where needed from consultant colleagues in the community teams, for leave and other absence

This advert closes on Sunday 16 Aug 2026

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