Job overview

We are looking for a Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist to work at The Royal Marsden Hospital. We have 6 PAs to recruit to at our Sutton site (another Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist works 6Pas at our Chelsea site).

The Adult Psychological Support Service (APSS), in which Liaison Psychiatry is based, provides a service for patients across the two sites of the hospital for inpatients, those receiving ambulatory care and outpatients. Other pathways within the service are: directive therapies (e.g. CBT/ Third Wave approaches, EMDR); exploratory therapies (e.g. integrative, existential, psychodynamic); family therapy (primarily working with adult patients with dependent children, and young adult patients); psychosexual therapy.

Main duties of the job

The Liaison Psychiatry pathway has three main functions: (i) to provide the general liaison psychiatry service to the inpatient wards of the hospital, (ii) to provide a Duty Clinician function, and (iii) to provide psycho-oncology psychiatry through pre-planned outpatient and day patient appointments.

The specific psychiatric issues and associated risks in a specialist cancer hospital include hyperactive delirium, steroid-induced mania and psychosis, major depression, suicidal planning and intent, desire for hastened death; as well as people with pre-existing severe mental illness.

We encourage you to contact us to discuss the role and the team. Please contact Ann Hutchens (020 3915 6173, [email protected]) to arrange a time to speak to Dr Luci Richards, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, or Dr Justin Grayer, Consultant Clinical Psychologist/ Service Lead.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.