Job summary
- Main area
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Locum: 6 months (possibility of extension)
- Hours
- Part time - 5 sessions per week (Out-of-hours on-call forensic rota)
- Job ref
- 334-CRY-7479807-JA
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- River House - Bethlem Royal Hospital
- Town
- Beckenham
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum pro rata
- Closing
- 03/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Fixed Term Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist - Waddon Ward
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
This 0.5 wte (5 session) consultant post offers an exciting opportunity to join an innovative, well-established service within the Croydon and Behavioural and Developmental Psychiatry Operational Directorate of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM). The Trust provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK and works closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, as part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are excellent opportunities for research, teaching and training in association with the Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Science, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be based in the Forensic Intensive Psychological Treatment Service (FIPTS) inpatient service on Waddon Ward, Bethlem Royal Hospital (5 sessions). Waddon Ward is a medium secure service providing assessment and treatment for 15 adult men with severe personality disorder from across England, who have committed serious offences and continue to pose a high risk to others. The clinical model is an integrated modular approach centred on the Violence Reduction Programme and incorporating other evidence-based treatments for specific personality difficulties and offence types, including sexual offending.
The successful applicant will join the SLaM forensic consultant on-call rota with an approximate commitment of circa 1:14 weeks.
Working for our organisation
Waddon Ward is a medium secure service providing assessment and treatment for 15 adult men with severe personality disorder from London and the South, who have committed serious offences and continue to pose a high risk to others.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This is a 6-month replacement post (with possibility of extension) whilst the substantive consultant is on secondment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Medical Practitioner
- Full registration with the General Medical Council
- Certificate of Completion of Specialist training (CCST) in Forensic Psychiatry
- Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983
- Member of Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
- Other academic qualifications, preferably in field of forensic psychiatry
- Publications accepted by peer review
Experience
Essential criteria
- Commitment and experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of the 1983 Mental Health Act, Code of Practice and Care Programme Approach
- Training or experience in Psychotherapy
- Training and experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Computer literacy
Desirable criteria
- Training in effective psychological therapies
Knowledge / Skills
Essential criteria
- Participation in Medical Audit and Quality Assurance
- Experience in Post Graduate Teaching, supervision of psychiatric trainees, undergraduate medical student teaching
- Experience in conducting and supervising research projects. Commitment to research and evidence-based practice
- Enthusiasm for both forensic and personality disorder psychiatry. Ability to support forensic teams working in a morbid and challenging inner city area. Ability to provide medical leadership to, and function within, an active multi-disciplinary team
- Appreciation and understating of equality, equity and diversity issues and mental health inequality generally, and commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Confidence in therapeutic positive risk taking. Commitment to developing user-focused services. Excellent communication skills. Ability to get on with colleagues. Capacity to respond positively to changing NHS environment
- Ability to travel within the community
- Excellent report writing and record keeping skills
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of ability to plan, implement and supervise research
- Experience of service development and introducing new service in forensic mental health
- Evidence of training in management skills
- Membership of Medical Defence Union
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 Colin Campbell
- Job title
- Forensic Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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