Consultant HMP Wandsworth In-Reach Team

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The post has been created as part of the new service specifications and contract for April 2022, when Oxleas NHS Trust takes over as prime provider for the Wandsworth Prison Service.

The post holder will be a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist based at HMP Wandsworth In-Reach Team.

HMP Wandsworth is one of the largest and most over-crowded prisons in Western Europe and accommodates up to 1668 prisoners. It is a category B resettlement prison.

Mental health service: At HMP Wandsworth we aim to detect mental health problems, refer urgent cases for transfer to psychiatric hospital, manage stable patients within the prison, and help plan for their discharge. CPAs are held every 6 months.

The Addison Unit is a 12 bedded mental health unit set within HMP Wandsworth. The unit consists of a Multi-Professional Team comprised of medical, nursing, OT and psychology staff. Care provision is delivered jointly with prison officers who manage the operational environment. The ward consists of a cohesive and multi-disciplinary team that utilizes a person-centred and recovery-focused model. The team demonstrates a wealth of experience and learning and development is viewed as paramount in supporting clinicians to become more informed and competent practitioners.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register in Forensic Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry.

The position will provide Consultant leadership for the In-Reach team at HMP Wandsworth. In addition, the post holder would be expected to contribute to an aspect of quality assurance.

The post holder will be supported by a second consultant (to be recruited to and covering the In-Patient Unit), ST4-6 higher Forensic Trainee and 2 Speciality Doctors.

The post includes an interesting and varied range of clinical responsibilities for prisoners with a wide range of clinical conditions, including acute and chronic mental illness, personality disorder and ADHD. The in-reach team holds a caseload and within this caseload, number of patients would be subject to CPA management. New assessments are normally slotted into prearranged out-patient Clinics if the new assessments are generated from the referral system. All referrals are triaged by the In-Reach Team. On rare occasions, assessments are requested as an emergency from the wings or segregation unit. This is variable but on average couple of times a week. Whilst there is flexibility in allocation of individual responsibilities, the overarching model is one of integrated working across the mental health multidisciplinary teams.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're Fair
We Listen
We Care

Date posted

09 February 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

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

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

277-3884236-SW

Job locations

HMP Wandsworth

Heathfield Road

London

SW18 3HU

Job description

Job responsibilities

assessing prisoners in the house-blocks and in Healthcare
liaising with services outside the prison to arrange CPAs, aftercare plans or transfers to hospital
any other care which could reasonably be expected of a consultant acting in an in-reach capacity in a prison
quality improvement initiatives, to be agreed with multidisciplinary colleagues and the service managers.

The post holder will work closely with the Service Manager and consultant colleagues in the prisons, Associate Clinical Director and the Clinical Director for the Forensics and Prisons Directorate to develop a model for the use of medical resources that meets service needs appropriately and supports a job plan that is professionally balanced.

There is protected time for administrative work, as well as protected time to deal with mental health act related work including attending tribunals for patients in the service and completing necessary Mental Health Act paper work relating to patients on community treatment orders. It is expected that the post holder will prepare medical reports for managers hearings and First Tier Tribunals as well as attend managers and tribunal hearings.

Job description

Job responsibilities

assessing prisoners in the house-blocks and in Healthcare
liaising with services outside the prison to arrange CPAs, aftercare plans or transfers to hospital
any other care which could reasonably be expected of a consultant acting in an in-reach capacity in a prison
quality improvement initiatives, to be agreed with multidisciplinary colleagues and the service managers.

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

AC Status

Qualifications

Essential

CCT or equivalent in General Adult or Forensic Psychiatry

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

AC Status

Qualifications

Essential

CCT or equivalent in General Adult or Forensic Psychiatry

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience

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).