Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist-Hellingly Centre (enhanced £45k RRP)

Job overview

Are you an outstanding Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist looking for new challenges, career development and making a difference in mental health?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our forensic health care team in East Sussex providing leadership to deliver high-quality, person-centred care to inpatient forensic patients on a subacute/rehabilitation medium secure ward. This post has become available due to retirement and internal reconfiguration of MSU bed-estate.

We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration

This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £45,000 structured over a three-year period as follows: o   £15,000 payable upon successful recruitment o   £10,000 payable at 12 months’ service o   £10,000 payable at 24 months’ service o   £10,000 payable at 36 months’ service

The RRP is pro rata for LTFT position. For full terms and conditions of the RRP, please contact [email protected]

Main duties of the job

• The inpatient clinical caseload is 9 male patients on Elm - subacute/rehabilitation ward. All patients are detained under the Mental Health Act.
• Clinical duties include delivering inpatient care to the patients and assessment of patients referred to the forensic service through a single point of access. Referrals are allocated at the weekly referrals meeting. On an average there is 1 referral per week.
• Assessments are undertaken independently and with another member of staff from the team (nursing/psychologist), depending on the patient's mental health needs.
• Chair weekly recovery reviews (ward rounds), CPA meetings and participate in risk clinics. Reviews of patients outside the MDT meetings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is required to: ·    provide clinical and strategic leadership for allocated elements of the teams. This will include direct clinical involvement in assessments, diagnosis and management of complex mental health presentations in the context of significant potential risk to self and others. ·    It will also include provision of clinical consultation and supervision to the team.  ·    This post also entails provision of statutory roles including MHA (preparation of reports and Tribunal attendance) and MCA legislation as well as, potentially, the provision of expert testimony to the Criminal Courts.  ·    The role will also entail significant contributions towards the educational, service development and clinical governance/quality improvement processes within the service. ·    To work closely with colleagues from Secure and Forensic community-based services to develop suitable discharge arrangements in preparation for the discharge of suitable secure inpatients to the community and to ensure high quality care pathways. ·    To liaise with statutory and non-statutory agencies (Probation, Police, Court, Social Services, voluntary organisations) as required. ·    To attend MAPPA meetings as required ·    To participate in the weekly referrals meeting  ·    To offer training to professional audiences as appropriate ·    To participate in the East Sussex on-call rota.  ·    During working hours, the post holder will take part in the Hellingly Centre LTS rota (1:5) together with consultant colleagues.   The post holder will be expected to be approved as a Responsible Clinician or be willing to undertake training to obtain this approval. They will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.