Specialty Doctor – Ellis Ward: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

Specialty Doctor – Ellis Ward

Full Time – 10PAs

The Trust is seeking an energetic and motivated specialty doctor, ideally with Section 12 Approval, to work on male only acute inpatient ward to support the consultant psychiatrist in providing high quality clinical care to our patients

Main duties of the job

This post is based at Tolworth Hospital, Red Lion Rd, Tolworth, Surbiton KT6 7QU. Ellis Ward forms part of the inpatient provision of the Trust’s Acute and Urgent Care Service Line, which includes 8 acute adult wards and a PICU, based on 2 sites, Springfield Hospital in Tooting, and Tolworth Hospital in Surbiton.

There are 10 Programmed Activities. These clinical sessions will be on Ellis Ward, within the Inpatient Services of South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (“the Trust”).

The appointed Specialty Doctor will be clinically supervised by the Ellis Ward Consultant Psychiatrist (Dr Jose Felix Mendez Jimenez).

The job plan will be reviewed regularly and may be modified reflecting changing needs within the service.

Ellis ward is a mixed 20 bedded ward. Over the last 12months, on average, there were 12 admissions/transfers in, and 10 discharges/transfers out per month.

Person Specification

Training/Qualifications

Essential

• -Primary Medical degree
• -Full GMC registration.
• -MRCPsych or equivalent.
• -Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act (or to be acquired within 6-12 months of the start date of employment)

Desirable

• -Qualification in a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT or MBT

Experience

Essential

• -Experience of adult acute psychiatric inpatient care.
• -A detailed knowledge of the Mental Health Act, the functions of the Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Managers’ Hearings
• -Experience of writing reports of and attending Managers’ Hearings and MHA Tribunals.

Desirable

• -Experience of working with service users with complex needs including challenging or offending behaviours in general adult psychiatry
• -Knowledge and experience of the CPA process, risk assessment and risk management
• -Experience of working with people with alcohol and/or substance misuse.
• -Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• -Management of complex mental illness
• -Teamwork
• -Communication

Desirable

• -Up to date knowledge and skills of physical health in general keeping with role as a doctor
• -Ongoing commitment to CPD

Personal Qualities

Essential

• -Capacity to communicate effectively and sensitively with others. -Capacity to work co-operatively with others and show leadership when appropriate. -Capacity to work effectively in multi-professional and multi-agency teams and to understand own role in team. -Capacity and motivation to treat others with understanding and sensitivity and to see patients as people. -Capacity to see beyond the obvious and to bring a range of approaches to solving problems.
• -Resilience to cope with external pressures and demands.
• -Punctuality. Ability to manage time and to prioritise tasks according to clinical and other needs.
• -Alertness to dangers and emerging situations
• -Professional and personal integrity
• -Good spoken and written English

Other

Desirable

• -Personal experience of mental health problems
• -Evidence of active engagement in audit/ quality improvement
• -Evidence of recent appraisal

Closing Date: 8 November 2026