Locum Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

6 months fixed term in the first instance, this vacancy has been created due to the post holder taking a career break.

The post holder will be a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist based at HMP Rochester.

Main duties of the job

Clinical duties of post holder, 4 PAs

The appointee will provide consultant input for the in-reach teams at HMP Rochester. This will involve attending multi-disciplinary team meetings to discuss patients. There will be time allocated in the job plan for management and leadership responsibilities, including quality assurance.

The post holder may be asked to review female prisoners at East Sutton Park, an open prison. This is not onerous and may necessitate a visit there perhaps monthly.

The clinical model in the Kent prisons is the stepped care model, in which mental health practitioners triage the referrals to the team, and escalate a proportion to the consultant. The electronic patient information system used within all Kent Prisons is Systm One.

Support the local team in developing and maintaining the caseloads of all patients, ensuring that Core Assessments, Risk Assessments and Care Plans are available, accurate, and up to date in RiO case records
Provision of reviews, including Mental Health Act assessments where necessary.
Development of comprehensive case-note summaries, comprehensive multi-axial assessment processes and care planning in line with NICE Guidelines
To prepare any necessary reports, and attend Mental Health Review Tribunals
To ensure that all Relapse Prevention and Crisis Plans for patients on Enhanced CPA are available in RiO case records and are updated and accurate

About us

As one of the first Mental Health Foundation Trusts, Oxleas has established a reputation for innovative service development and strong partnership working across criminal justice, social care and mental health services. The Trust now provides a range of healthcare services in South East London and Kent including:

Community mental health and learning disability services in the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
Forensic Psychiatric Services for the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham with some cross-London initiatives.
Community services for the London Boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich.
Mental health services to eight Kent prisons, Primary Care service to five prisons in West Kent and the Medway area, and mental health liaison services at police stations and Bromley Magistrates Court, and at the Central Criminal Court.

Date posted

10 June 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£84,559 to £114,003 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

277-4133242-A1-SW

Job locations

HMP Rochester

1 Fort Road

Rochester

ME1 3QS

Job description

Job responsibilities

Rochester prison has about 750 sentenced inmates, mainly aged from 21 to about 30, but a small proportion is 18 21 years of age. The prisoners have multiple needs, including developmental problems, personality vulnerability, substance misuse and emerging psychosis.

The in-reach service comprises a full multidisciplinary team, with mental health practitioners, Support Time and Recovery workers, a psychologist and a team secretary. There is a psychology-led day service, the Bradley Therapy Centre, which offers a group programme and IAPT services.

The postholder will assume consultant responsibility within the CPA framework for about 20 patients in the prison. These patients are care co-ordinated by the mental health practitioners.

Currently, in Rochester there is 1.0 w.t.e Band 7 Manager, 3 w.t.e Band 6Nursing Staff,1 0.4 w.t.e senior nurse practitioner.

There is a room available in Rochester that can be used by the post holder. This post is supported by 1 full time Band 4 administrator.

The post holder would be provided with training in Rio, which is used by the trust. Remote working through an IPAD or Laptop can be requested and supported.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The postholder will assume consultant responsibility within the CPA framework for about 20 patients in the prison. These patients are care co-ordinated by the mental health practitioners.

Currently, in Rochester there is 1.0 w.t.e Band 7 Manager, 3 w.t.e Band 6Nursing Staff,1 0.4 w.t.e senior nurse practitioner.

There is a room available in Rochester that can be used by the post holder. This post is supported by 1 full time Band 4 administrator.

The post holder would be provided with training in Rio, which is used by the trust. Remote working through an IPAD or Laptop can be requested and supported.

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

GMC Registered

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience

Qualifications

Essential

MRcPsych or equivalent

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

GMC Registered

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience

Qualifications

Essential

MRcPsych or equivalent

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).