Job summary
- Main area
- Health and Justice Services
- Grade
- MC75
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed-term contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 333-D-HJ-SA-0001
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Bronzefield and Refocus Team
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in Forensic Adult Psychiatry (HMP Bronzefield)
MC75
Job overview
We are seeking a committed and motivated Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry to join our dynamic mental health team at HMP Bronzefield, the largest women’s prison in Europe. This is an opportunity to deliver meaningful care in a unique setting—supporting some of the most vulnerable individuals in society.
As the Specialty Doctor, you will play a vital role in the delivery of psychiatric care within the prison. Working closely with a multidisciplinary team, you will assess, diagnose, and manage a variety of mental health conditions. The role offers rich clinical variety and professional challenge in a secure setting where your input will be valued and impactful.
Main duties of the job
The vision for Health & Justice is:
“Working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we will provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care, mental health and substance misuse services to existing offenders (and those at risk of offending) and non-offenders in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.”
The speciality doctor will provide Clinical leadership to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care to the men/women resident in the Surrey Prisons (HMPs High Down, Downview when it re-opens, Send and Coldingley)To develop their own specialist interests and if appropriate to bring these in line with Trust and local service development plans. Teaching and training of medical students, specialist nurses, other nurses and prison staff where appropriate.
Working for our organisation
The Health & Justice Directorate is one of five Service Lines within the Trust providing clinical services. The service has grown quickly in recent years and currently comprises a range of innovative prison, police and court services, a small number of low secure inpatient beds and specialist community forensic teams. Our services stretch across 6 London boroughs, plus Kent, Surrey and Buckinghamshire.
CNWL’s Health & Justice Service Directorate is experienced in applying for prison and secure settings contracts. The post holder will be encouraged to participate with the ongoing development of current services and bidding for new prison health contracts, with business, finance and administration support centrally.
We currently provide a range of services (including mental health, substance misuse, sexual health and primary care) to the following prisons: HMPs Bronzefield, High Down, Downview-Coldingley, Feltham and Woodhill, We also provide community forensic services in North West London, liaison and diversion services to police stations and Magistrates’ Courts (Uxbridge, Hillington, Willesden and Westminster), to the Central Criminal and Harrow Crown Court, as well as low secure specialist forensic services at Park Royal. The service line is led by Dr Mellisha Padayatchi as the Clinical Director, and by Patrick Gillespie as Service Director. Operational Accountability for the post would be to the Service Director.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
• Assessment (including the assessment of risk), treatment, care planning and multiagency liaison for
people with mental health problems in the prisons.
• CPA management of care.
• Undertake Mental Capacity Assessments.
• Contribute to planned emergency interventions.
• Liaison with prisons, courts, statutory and non-statutory agencies, concerning all aspects of the mental
health care management of men with mental health problems in the prisons.
• Assessment and recommendation under the 2007 (Revised) Mental Health Act (the post holder must
maintain Section 12 approval).
• To work closely with the Manager, Psychologists and other lead professionals to provide clinical leadership
and ensure safe, supportive care.
• To liaise closely with other medical, clinical and managerial staff to provide high quality care pathways.
• Participation, when relevant, in the ACCT (self-harm / suicide prevention) processes.
• Practice in accordance with NICE and other relevant Guidelines and CNWL Trust policy.
• Accurate record keeping according to Trust and professional guidelines (data protection legislation and
information governance standards).
• Clinics will be allocated to prisoners on ordinary location, healthcare and those housed within the
segregation units (the demand for assessment on healthcare and segregation is highly variable therefore
there will be an element of flexibility required).
General :
• Contribution to Care Quality through audit, research, and participation in local and Trust wide care quality
processes, including CQC inspections.
• Practice in accordance with NICE and other relevant guidelines.
• To contribute to ensuring that the Addictions and Offender Care Directorate and the Trust as a whole
achieve the activity, performance and outcome targets as agreed with key stakeholders.
• Contribution to service development (care pathways/clinical protocols/new service development) according to need and in agreement with the Consultant Psychiatrist.
The post-holder will accept that the description of clinical duties is not exhaustive. The detail of clinical duties will be reviewed in the light of the post-holder’s experience and the needs of the service. Amendments to the post-holder’s clinical duties may be possible as the Directorate continues to develop.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Degree
- Full GMC Registration
- GMC Licence to Practise
Desirable criteria
- MRCPsych (or equivalent)
- An additional post graduate qualification of relevance to (own specialty)
- Section 12 MHA Approved
Experience, Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Completed at least 4 years full time post graduate training (or its equivalent on a part time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term trainee or have equivalent experience and competencies
Desirable criteria
- Published audit or research
- Interest in teaching and training medical and non-medical colleagues
- Experience in service development
- Evidence of evidence based medicine training, teaching and implementation
Personal Skills & Qualities
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and empathic skills
- Demonstrable leadership skills Experience of team working
- Sound organisational skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
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 Mellisha Padayatchi; 07909877143.
- Job title
- Clinical Director Health and Justice Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07909877143
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