Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychiatry

Job summary

This is a replacement post. The post is located at Roseberry Park Hospital, Middlesbrough, where inpatient forensic beds and clinical and managerial offices are all co-located. The post-holder will have a caseload of up to 17 patients on Lark, Low secure male slow stream rehabilitation ward.

There is a system of weekly MDT meetings for the ward which the post holder is expected to attend, in addition to meetings for CPA (6 monthly), formulation and risk management meetings.

The consultant will be supported by a ward manager, clinical lead working on the ward. In addition, they will receive support from occupational therapist, psychologist and social worker. Pharmacist will attend when support is required. A SAS/trust doctor, which is shared (50% time) will be supporting the post holder. The post holder can be the identified supervisor for the junior doctor. There will be opportunity to become a trainer for trainees in the future.

Referral rates for the ward are anticipated to be 4 per year from both internal and external sources.

Within the Secure Inpatient Services Directorate, the post-holder will be working alongside 14 consultant colleagues, 4 specialty grade doctors, and up to 3 core trainees.

The post-holder will also be expected to provide 1 PA per week prison sessions to support the Offender Health Service. This will be at a local prison within the Northeast.

Main duties of the job

The Consultant will be the Responsible Clinician for 17 patients on Lark ward.

The Consultant, in conjunction with the respective ward manager, will be expected to provide committed, proactive and responsive clinical leadership working with the in-patient MDT team. The Consultant will attend brief daily multidisciplinary meetings and/or ward rounds as appropriate, when decisions are made about patient care and the management plans, risk and leave arrangements are reviewed.

The Consultant will attend and contribute fully to formulation and risk meetings. The Consultant will attend the discharge planning meetings and be involved in the development of the integrated pathway of care for each individual patient based on a Recovery Approach.

The Consultant will be responsible, in conjunction with the MDT, for developing close links with community teams and adult mental health inpatient services. This will form part of the Job Plans SPAs.

There is medical cover into the whole unit by a core trainee or a Speciality Grade Doctors. Physical healthcare issues will be managed through nursing referral to the services dedicated primary care service based on site. The consultant will have the support of a shared Junior Doctor to cover the ward. The consultant will be supported if they wish to be a trainer of a core trainee/ senior registrar.

About us

We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We provide a range inpatient and community services to 2m people and also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.

We are a multi-award winning trust and are included within the Health Service Journals Best 100 Places to Work. The trust take a positive and proactive approach to support staff in their personal development and has embedded the Talent Management approach within the Trust, with the vision of helping people to be as good as they can be, helping TEWV to do things better.

Psychiatrists are essential contributors to the majority of our mental health teams. Service users expect and are justified to expect collaborative relationships with dedicated psychiatrists who work consistently as part of effective services. Our medical staffing shortage puts strain on services and puts strain on workforce wellbeing and costs extend beyond the financial. The Medical Directorate and Medical Development Team are striving to improve medical workforce recruitment and retention in a variety of ways and the cornerstone of these efforts is The TEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce. (Please see attached Supporting Document).