Job summary
The post holder will be eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register in Forensic Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry.
The post holder will provide Consultant leadership for the Community Forensic Outreach Service with 4PAs DCC and HMP Isis 3.5PAs DCC.
In addition, the post holder would be expected to contribute to an aspect of quality assurance. 2.5 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
Main duties of the job
Community Forensic Outreach Service, 6 Pas
The forensic Community services is a multi-disciplinary community team, providing a recovery focused pathway, for forensic patients leaving secure services. The team is able to provide bespoke support for patients to meet their individual needs, using two models of support, with a standard community team approach, and a support plus approach, which is funded by the South London Partnership. The team works closely with forensic secure inpatient services, community hostel providers and locality mental health teams, to ensure that there is a measured and supportive pathway, managing risk and promoting recovery and social inclusion. The team also provide increase clinical input into Tilt Hostel (24 hour male forensic recovery hostel) and Mariposa (24 hour female forensic recovery hostel).
HMP Isis, 4 PAs
This is a relatively new Category C establishment, accommodating about 600 sentenced men aged between 18 and 30. It has a segregation unit, but no in-patient beds. The service will use the CHAT (Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool) at reception, which mandates a multidisciplinary and multiagency response within short timeframes to any identified concerns. The postholder will work with colleagues to assess and manage a range of needs, including developmental disorders and ADHD. Treatment decisions by the postholder will be implemented by the General Practitioner service and colleagues in Primary Health Care.
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."
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Work Forensic Community Outreach Service
- Deliver highly developed specialist assessment and interventions in line with the postholders specific professional training and
- Provide specialist advanced practice level contribution to risk assessment, risk management and the development of multidisciplinary treatment
- To formulate plans for the formal treatment and/or management of a clients
mental health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
- Draw on a diverse range of knowledge in making decisions to determine evidence based therapeutic interventions.
Clinical work HMP Isis
- assessing prisoners in the house-blocks and in Healthcare
- liaising with services outside the prison to arrange CPAs, aftercare plans or transfers to hospital
- any other care which could reasonably be expected of a consultant acting in an in-reach capacity in a prison
- quality improvement initiatives, to be agreed with multidisciplinary colleagues and the service managers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Work Forensic Community Outreach Service
- Deliver highly developed specialist assessment and interventions in line with the postholders specific professional training and
- Provide specialist advanced practice level contribution to risk assessment, risk management and the development of multidisciplinary treatment
- To formulate plans for the formal treatment and/or management of a clients
mental health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
- Draw on a diverse range of knowledge in making decisions to determine evidence based therapeutic interventions.
Clinical work HMP Isis
- assessing prisoners in the house-blocks and in Healthcare
- liaising with services outside the prison to arrange CPAs, aftercare plans or transfers to hospital
- any other care which could reasonably be expected of a consultant acting in an in-reach capacity in a prison
- quality improvement initiatives, to be agreed with multidisciplinary colleagues and the service managers.
Person Specification
GMC Registration
Essential
Registration
Essential
Experience
Essential
Person Specification
GMC Registration
Essential
Registration
Essential
Experience
Essential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
