Consultant Psychiatrist HMP Rochester & HMP Maidstone

Job summary

Consultant Psychiatrist 0.8 WTE

Applications are also welcome from candidates seeking a full time job plan.

HMP Rochester, a Category C male prison

Rochester prison has about 750 sentenced inmates, mainly aged from 21 to about 30, but a small proportion is 18 - 21 years of age. The prisoners have multiple needs, including developmental problems, personality vulnerability, substance misuse and emerging psychosis.

The in-reach service comprises a full multidisciplinary team, with mental health practitioners, Support Time and Recovery workers, a psychologist and a team secretary. There is a psychology-led day service, the Bradley Therapy Centre, which offers a group programme and IAPT services.

HMP Maidstone, a Category C male prison

Around 600 men live at HMP Maidstone in a mixture of single and shared rooms. There are 4 main residential house blocks and one segregation unit. Prisoners present with a wide range of clinical conditions, including acute and chronic mental illness, personality disorder and ADHD. Within the stepped care model, the Maidstone service screens about 10 referrals per week.

The in-reach team holds a caseload of about 20-30. New assessments are normally slotted into prearranged out-patient Clinics if the new assessments are generated from the referral system. All referrals are triaged by the In-Reach Team. On rare occasions, assessments are requested as an emergency from the wings or segregation unit. This is variable but on average once a week.

Main duties of the job

Clinical duties of post holder, 8 PAs

The post holder will be eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register in Forensic Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry and willprovide Consultant leadership for the In-Reach teams at HMP Rochester with 4PAs DCC and HMP Maidstone 2PAs DCC.

In addition, the post holder would be expected to contribute to an aspect of quality assurance. 2 SPAs will be allocated in the job plan for undertaking activities that support the professional role such as teaching, training, clinical management, clinical governance, service development, research, and other relevant activities.

The post includes an interesting and varied range of clinical responsibilities for prisoners with a wide range of clinical conditions, including acute and chronic mental illness, personality disorder and ADHD. The in-reach team holds a caseload and within this caseload, number of patients would be subject to CPA management.

The post holder would be provided with training in Rio and System One, which is used by healthcare in prison within the Trust.

About us

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.

"We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives."

Ify Okocha, Chief Executive

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Rochester

Rochester

ME1 3QS

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Rochester

Rochester

ME1 3QS

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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