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Job summary

Main area
Forensic Psychiatry
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Job share
  • Flexible working
10 sessions per week
Job ref
301-MS-22-4955009-C
Employer
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services
Employer type
NHS
Site
HMP Leeds,
Town
HMP Leeds,
Salary
£84,559 - £114,003 £84,559 - £114,003
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services logo

Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist (Prison Service)

Consultant

Job overview

At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and can we offer you:

  • Our SOOTHE resources - supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent.
  • Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
  • “In our Gift” providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change
  • The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
  • Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
  • Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs
  • Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
  • Child Care Vouchers Scheme
  • Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys
  • NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes

 

Main duties of the job

Flexible Working / Job Sharing Opportunities / Generous incentives

Are you a forensic consultant psychiatrist or general adult psychiatrist with a special interest in forensics? If you are, here is a great opportunity for you!

We have a unique offer, and want to recruit to an established consultant post, providing consultancy and clinical leadership within the mental health team in HMP Leeds.

You will have an opportunity to lead and develop the service. The nature of the prisons will offer wonderful opportunities to enrich your clinical and academic skills. Inclusion is renowned for investing in and supporting our workforce and we are proud to have as strong ethos of continuous professional development.

Nationally, Inclusion provides mental health and drug and alcohol services to over 24 prisons, with an excellent track record of delivering high quality services. People using our prison services typically rate the quality of care the received as GOOD or VERY GOOD!

We believe that people can change and a resounding theme of our services is being flexible to changing need, not compromising on quality and understanding our responsibility in achieving the best possible outcomes for service users, families and communities.

 

 

Working for our organisation

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.

Demonstrating our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and in context of our objective aligned to the growth of diversity across the workforce; we are particularly seeking applications from individuals who may be from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.

We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role. 

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Recognised basic medical degree
  • Full GMC registration
  • CCT in Forensic Psychiatry
  • OR Eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register (higher trainees should be within six months of CCT at the time of interview)
Desirable criteria
  • Masters or other qualifications
  • Previous prison psychiatry experience

Training and Research

Essential criteria
  • Experience of teaching and training junior doctors and other professionals
  • Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.
  • Experience of undertaking audit and other Clinical Governance activities
  • Ability to critically appraise published research
Desirable criteria
  • Recent supervision training/experience
  • Experience in different teaching methods
  • Participation in case presentations
  • Organisation of further teaching programs in medical or multi-professional education
  • Currently undertaking audit and a published audit project
  • Understanding of research methodology
  • Experience of involvement in a research project and an interest in research

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStep into healthArmed Forces Covenant

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Matt Tovey
Job title
Medical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01785 221559
Additional information

Dr Matt Tovey, Medical Lead 01785 221559

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