Consultant Liaison Psychiatry

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Consultant Liaison Psychiatry

The closing date is 26 July 2026.

We are seeking to recruit an innovative Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist to join the Department of Psychological Medicine at King's College Hospital, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. This is a substantive full time post combining clinical work within a well established liaison psychiatry service with a clinical leadership role in the Trust's Clinical Informatics service (LUCI). The post offers a unique opportunity to work at the interface of mental and physical healthcare in a major London teaching hospital, while contributing to the development and implementation of data driven clinical tools to improve patient care and population health outcomes.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide consultant level psychiatric care within the liaison psychiatry service, including assessment, diagnosis and management of patients presenting with complex mental health needs in acute hospital settings. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing clinical leadership, supervision and support to junior doctors and other professionals. The role includes active participation in clinical governance, quality improvement, teaching, training and service development. In addition, the post holder will contribute to the leadership of the LUCI Clinical Informatics Service, supporting the development and implementation of innovative digital tools and analytics to enhance clinical effectiveness and population health management across the Trust.

About us

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is one of the leading mental health trusts in the UK, providing a wide range of services across South London and nationally. The Trust is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre, bringing together world class research, education and clinical care. The liaison psychiatry service at King's College Hospital is a large, well established and RCPsych accredited service, delivering high quality care within a busy acute teaching hospital environment. The Trust is committed to innovation, equality and staff wellbeing, offering excellent opportunities for professional development, research and leadership.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide consultant leadership within the liaison psychiatry service at King's College Hospital, delivering high quality psychiatric assessment, risk management and treatment for patients referred from emergency, inpatient and outpatient settings. They will contribute to multidisciplinary team working, ensuring effective communication and coordination of care across acute and mental health services. The role includes supervision of junior medical staff, participation in teaching and training programmes, and contribution to clinical governance, audit and quality improvement initiatives. The post holder will undertake responsibilities as an Approved Clinician and ensure compliance with relevant legislation including the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act. As part of the LUCI Clinical Informatics Service, the post holder will provide clinical leadership in the development and application of data driven tools, working collaboratively with technical and clinical teams to design, implement and evaluate digital solutions that improve patient care and service delivery. They will also contribute to service development, research and strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing population health management and clinical effectiveness across the Trust.

Person Specification QUALIFICATIONS

• MB BS or Equivalent
• Postgraduate qualifications in medical education

ELIGIBILITY

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
• Qualified as Clinical Safety Officer, or able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

CLINICAL SKILLS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Excellent clinical skills using bio psycho social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Clinical role within a SLaM service
• Wide range of specialist and sub specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

CLINICAL INFORMATICS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience working with large clinical datasets
• Experience working in multi disciplinary teams with informatics professionals to define data requirements.
• Experience in user led design
• Knowledge of Population Health Management frameworks
• Knowledge of Natural Language Processing techniques
• Experience of Agile methodology
• Knowledge of relevant coding language (SQL, Python, KQL)
• Experience of developing Natural Language Processing applications.

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING

• Able to deliver undergraduate and postgraduate clinical teaching.
• Ability to work in and lead multidisciplinary clinical teams.
• Demonstrated commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
• Participated in research or service evaluation
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
• Able to design and deliver multiprofessional teaching and training on digital and data literacy in different modalities.
• Ability to work in and lead multidisciplinary teams including digital and non clinical staff.
• Experienced in designing and leading clinical research and / or service evaluation
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
• Experience in designing and leading PPI and co production with diverse groups of service users and carers.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.

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 London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Depending on experience £113,565 - £150,569 per annum