Job requirements
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Essential
19 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Eligibility
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment
- Eligibility
GMC Specialist Register or within six months
- Eligibility
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Eligibility
Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Eligibility
Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
- Qualifications
MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Clinical knowledge
Excellent clinical skills in interviewing and psychiatric risk assessment
- Clinical knowledge
Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to write comprehensive clear reports for multiagency professional networks
- Clinical knowledge
Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Clinical knowledge
Evidence based knowledge of forensic psychiatry, relevant legislation and multiagency clinical risk management
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Ability to work in and lead team
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Commitment to and compliance with Trust values
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
MRCPsych
- Qualifications
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- Qualifications
CCT in Forensic Psychiatry
- Qualifications
Experience in forensic Community mental health care and / or rehabilitation of forensic patients
- Qualifications
Use of relevant tools, eg HCR20, HONOS
- Clinical knowledge
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist Forensic experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Participated in research or service evaluation
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Evidence of improving patient outcomes through service change or audit
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
An interest in developing and expanding services
Job overview
Applications are invited from candidates with experience of Forensic Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry for a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist post in Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT), Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow (EHH) hub West London Forensic Service. Applicants must be registered with a licence to practice with the GMC. Inclusion on the Specialist Register or within six months of interview is a requirement. All applicants should have Section 12 Approval and Approved Clinician status or be able to apply. Applicants need to inform us in advance if they are under any formal investigation processes by any organisations including General Medical Council (GMC).
This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a Trust that provides all aspects of forensic care and treatment providing a large peer group and a range of opportunities to develop your clinical, management and leadership skills in a variety of settings. There are also opportunities to apply for funded sessions or use SPA time for leadership, medical education, research, QI and other linked activities. We seek to support you in your individual professional career, co-create the job of your dreams.
Main duties of the job
This is a replacement post. In 2021, the Trust was successful with our bid to implement our Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT) model across the whole of North West and Central London. The service covers 8 North West London boroughs in three hubs (Brent, Harrow & Hillingdon (BHH), Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow (EHH) and Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster KCW). Working within this established and expanding team, there are many opportunities to be part of service development.
This exciting role is working within a dynamic and progressive team within SCFT. You will be working with a small but complex caseload of approximately 30 outpatients supported by a well-resourced multi-disciplinary team including social care and excellent administrative support. You will provide in-reach to secure wards and follow up to 30 in-patients prior to discharge but you will not be Responsible Clinician (RC) for these patients. You will offer clinical leadership to the team and act as Responsible Clinician / Clinical Supervisor for the service users in your caseload, who will also have an assigned social supervisor and CPN.
In addition, you will offer community forensic expertise, advise and support to the secure ward teams and service users preparing for discharge
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
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This advert is for Locum Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist with West London NHS Trust in Southall, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £109,725 - £145,478 Per Annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (FTC). The application deadline is 30 Dec 2025.
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