Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS Emergency Care Service


Company:	South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	London, Tooting, SW17 0YG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	31 Aug 2026
Closing date:	30 Sept 2026

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Summary

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

Part Time - 8PAs

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist to work within our Child & Adolescent Emergency Care Service.

This part time Consultant post will lead and manage the CECS Service to provide mental health services to children and young people of Wandsworth, Merton, Sutton, Kingston and Richmond as well as providing a range of specialist services to a set of wider, regional and national catchment area.

The CAMHS Emergency Care Service (CECS) is located within South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

The CAMHS Emergency Care Service provide therapeutic assessment, risk assessment and crisis planning for under-18-year-olds presenting in mental health crisis to A&E Departments and Paediatric Wards at St Georges Hospital (Tooting), Kingston hospital and St Helier Hospital (Carshalton). The Service operates 7 days per week:referrals accepted 9am to 6pm, 9am to 8pm.Assessments take place mainly in A&E/ paediatric wards of local general hospitals whilst follow ups take place in CAMHS borough clinics or online. The team usesevidence-based skills to support meaningful and safe practice,such as Therapeutic Assessment, DBT Skills, Solution Focused Interventions.

Main functions of the team:

· Providing psychosocial and risk assessments, safety planningforyoung people experiencing a mental health crisis andadvisingabout further support.

· Providing a follow up appointment to review crisis plan and plan ongoing support to ensure a seamless transition of the young person and their family into the community service if required.

· Providing advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals working in other agencies and contribute to multi-agency care planning.

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.

· To provide clinical support for the team and provide psychiatric oversight to the team with current consultant.

· To provid emergency consultation, liaison, advice,managementand appropriate support to professionalswithin theteam and in the wider networkof thechild, young person or family.

· To provide consultation, liaison and joint working with clinicians in other Tier 3 and Tier 2 services, referrals to and liaison with Tier 4 providers and, together with the rest of the service, education and support for Tier 1 referrers.

· To work in partnership with young people, parents and carers to develop and implement effective and agreed care plans.

· To contribute to the development of multidisciplinary and multiagency packages of care, treatment and support for young people and their families with complex mental health, physical health and social care presentations, through effective consultation, liaison and joint-working

· To provide guidance to the paediatric team regarding the appropriate legal framework for the provision of care for young people presenting with a mental health crisis including guiding consultant paediatricians holding RC responsibility under MHA.

· To work with other members of the team providing education of managing young people presenting in mental health crisis to staff in A&E and Paediatric wards

· The post-holder will be encouraged to contribute to teaching within the team and across the acute hospitals.

Please see attached JDPS for more details

This advert closes on Sunday 27 Sep 2026

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