Job summary
The post is based in His Majesty's Prison Wormwood Scrubs where the specialty doctor will join an established multidisciplinary team in providing psychiatric care to patients. This post is especially desirable for those wishing to pursue a career in Forensic Psychiatry or General Psychiatry, including Addictions Psychiatry. The successful candidate will be joining an expanded Mental Health In-Reach Team (MHIT) in a Cat B remand prison (with an inmate population of around 1200) in a vibrant part of West London. The Mental Health In-reach is multidisciplinary, with a Team Manager, 2 FTE Consultants (3 Consultants), 8 CPNs, social worker, occupational therapies team, speech and language therapist, psychologists, and social worker. The MHIT works closes with primary care, prison counselling services, ForwardTrust (addictions service), and prison healthcare inpatient unit.
Main duties of the job
They will manage major mental illness and organize transfers to hospitals. They will be involved in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. Experience in the assessment and management of a wide range of clinical presentations including psychosis, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, ADHD, psychotic, neurodevelopmental and substance related disorders. There is a combination of inpatient (health care unit) and outpatient (prison ordinary location) work. They will expect to see around 6 new patients each week and 10 follow ups. The specialty doctor will have access to a shared office with other doctors and their own computer. We have very friendly and skilled consultants and MDT, and we support clinical and professional interests.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for allWe will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached JD and person spec on the SSpecialty Doctor -Forensic Psychiatry role for more details about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached JD and person spec on the SSpecialty Doctor -Forensic Psychiatry role for more details about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start date
Desirable
- postgraduate qualification in psychiatry.
- Section 12 approved or eligibillity
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Competence in the management of a broad range of general adult mental disorders.
- Experience with inpatient psychiatric management and with working in a multidisciplinary Team.
- A doctor appointed to this grade shall have full registration with the General Medical Council and shall have at least 4 years of full time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a psychiatry.
- Excellent communication skills both verbally and written
- Familiarity with a wide range of theoretical and clinical approaches.
- Ability to provide medical leadership to the multi-disciplinary team and to function as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience in Forensic and/ or General Adult Psychiatry.
- Clear thoughts on how to involve service users in service development and to provide a service which is experienced as being "service-user friendly"
- Practical experience in a short term psychological therapy
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of the biological, psychological and social determinants of adult mental disorders and evidence based management interventions.
- Up to date knowledge of recent DH documentation and NICE Guidelines
Desirable
- Evidence of change management skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start date
Desirable
- postgraduate qualification in psychiatry.
- Section 12 approved or eligibillity
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Competence in the management of a broad range of general adult mental disorders.
- Experience with inpatient psychiatric management and with working in a multidisciplinary Team.
- A doctor appointed to this grade shall have full registration with the General Medical Council and shall have at least 4 years of full time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a psychiatry.
- Excellent communication skills both verbally and written
- Familiarity with a wide range of theoretical and clinical approaches.
- Ability to provide medical leadership to the multi-disciplinary team and to function as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience in Forensic and/ or General Adult Psychiatry.
- Clear thoughts on how to involve service users in service development and to provide a service which is experienced as being "service-user friendly"
- Practical experience in a short term psychological therapy
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of the biological, psychological and social determinants of adult mental disorders and evidence based management interventions.
- Up to date knowledge of recent DH documentation and NICE Guidelines
Desirable
- Evidence of change management skills
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
