Job summary
- Main area
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Perm
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 455-NLFT-0384
- Employer
- North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Wormwoods Scrubs
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per year
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor -Forensic Psychiatry
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Job overview
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.
Working for our organisation
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 all
We 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.
Detailed job description and main 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 criteria
- Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start date
Desirable criteria
- postgraduate qualification in psychiatry.
- Section 12 approved or eligibillity
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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 criteria
- Evidence of change management skills
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
- Carolyn Stanley
- Job title
- Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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