Job summary
The service provides opportunity for a patient pathway through services for male patients who have been identified with major and complex mental health needs requiring treatment in a low secure environment. Referrals are received countywide from acute psychiatric services, community mental health teams and other secure services/prisons throughout the country. The client demographic is adult males 18 - 65 and will include people who are subject to Part 3 of the Mental Health Act, including Restricted patients. Wheatfield unit has a close working relationship with the adjacent ward, Meadowbank and PICU.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical leadership to the team and take clinical responsibility for the assessment and treatment of patients as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team.
• Undertake clinical sessions at a prison and attend to all relevant matters there as a senior clinician and leader within that service.

About us
Our core strategy is to be an employer of choice, a great place to work and be known for a diverse and inclusive culture whose staff feel valued. We provide a range of NHS services including physical, mental health and specialty services provided in hospital settings and out in the community within schools, GP clinics and patients own homes.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience - Essential

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
• Ability to work independently as well as part of A MDT
• Able to form a good working relationship with the peer group
• Willingness to undertake training and CPD in areas appropriate to this post
• Ability to work under pressure
• Willingness to participate in in-house training
• Ability to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff and other MDT members
• Post holder will need to take initiative and work in a self-directed manner.
• To balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole
• MRCPsych or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration
• On Specialist Register/CCT in Forensic Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry with appropriate forensic experience (eg.one year forensic attachment as higher trainee) or eligible for inclusion within six months.
• Minimum of six years postgraduate experience (including three years as SpR in approved training post) or equivalent
• Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training.
• Approval under Section12 of the Mental Health Act

Knowledge and Experience - Desirable

• Additional Postgraduate Qualifications
• Publication of original research
• Management training

Values, Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge - Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels.
• Ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences including courts and tribunals
• Ability to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff and other MDT members
• An understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• An understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate
• An understanding of the use of security in the treatment of psychiatric patients
• An understanding of the dynamics of working with damaged and disturbed patients.
• Awareness of the national agenda for secure psychiatric care and criminal justice.

Values, Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge - Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).