Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 436-CONS-REASIDE-SUBS
- Employer
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Reaside Clinic
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist – Reaside Clinic
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a full time, permanent Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist to join our multidisciplinary team at Reaside Clinic, Birmingham.
The post holder will be the Responsible Clinician for a caseload comprising male patients in medium secure care and community patients who have been discharged from secure care.
You will provide medical leadership to a multidisciplinary clinical team, manage referrals into the service from a defined geographical catchment area, and maintain good working relationships with secondary care services in that area.
There will be many opportunities to develop in the role according to interests, and within the secure care and offender health directorate or in the wider Trust.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for managing referrals to the clinical team, liaising with referrers and arranging clinical assessments, in conjunction with the senior nurse working in the team. Clinical assessments will largely be access to care assessments, intended to facilitate the movement of patients along the most appropriate care pathway. Assessments may also be carried out to provide advice on management for patients who do not require admission to secure care but where there are significant concerns about risk.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description for further information.
Applicants will require inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register, or be within six months or the award of a CCST or equivalent in forensic psychiatry.
Applicants will also require substantive experience of psychiatry, potential for leadership and a willingness to be involved in the management of the service.
Person specification
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Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Expected to be approved to act as an approved clinician for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1983 prior to commencement of post
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
- Substantial experience of psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness, complex presentations and serious risk behaviours
- Values a multi-disciplinary, person centred approach to patient care.
- Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
- Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team.
- Evidence of potential for effective leadership.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team.
- Willingness to be involved in management of service.
- Able to participate in Consultant on- call rota.
- Able to travel
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a CCST or equivalent in Forensic Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register
Desirable criteria
- Additional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field
- Experience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population.
- Experience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery
- Experience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project
- Completed and disseminated research or audit projects
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Dinesh Maganty
- Job title
- Clinical Director, Secure Care & Offender Health
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 301 0000
- Additional information
Dr Leela Sivaprasad
Clinical Lead, Reaside clinic
Email: [email protected]
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