Job summary
Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychiatry
This substantive 10 PA Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist post is based within the East London Forensic Service. The successful candidate will work in the acute medium secure service at the John Howard Centre, on Ludgate Ward.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team on Ludgate Ward, which is a 17 bedded medium-secure ward. The ward provides care to a complex population of men with acute mental health needs. There are typically one to two new admissions a month. The average length of stay on the ward is between one and two years but can be considerably shorter than this.
The role also involves seeing referrals for admission to male medium secure services, along with three consultant colleagues. In total, approximately six referrals are received for admission a month.
About us
East London NHS Foundation Trust provides a high quality service, and has been judged to be Outstanding by the CQC. It provides a wide range of mental health, learning disability and substance misuse services to children, young people, adults of working age, older adults and forensic services to the City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. It serves 710,000 people in East London.
The Forensic Directorate provides in-patient and community services to 1.5 million people, for the City of London and London Boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham and Havering.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team on Ludgate Ward, which is a 17 bedded medium-secure ward. The ward provides care to a complex population of men with acute mental health needs. There are typically one to two new admissions a month. The average length of stay on the ward is between one and two years but can be considerably shorter than this.
The role also involves seeing referrals for admission to male medium secure services, along with three consultant colleagues. In total, approximately six referrals are received for admission a month.
The post-holder may be required to provide cross-cover for urgent issues to other wards within the service.
Ludgate Ward is fully staffed with a multi-disciplinary team including a full time CT grade doctor, Modern Matron, Clinical Nurse Manager, nursing team, and a full time psychologist, OT and Social Worker. There is also dedicated admin support. Specialist education resource is available, as are Arts Therapies.
The consultant, once approved as a Clinical Supervisor, will supervise the CT grade doctor attached the ward. ST doctors are attached to the ward on rotation. Each CT doctor and ST doctor has a named Educational Supervisor who can offer support both to the trainee and the Clinical Supervisor. The Director of Medical Education in the Trust is Professor Frank Rohricht.
Section 12 duties
The post holder is expected to take part in Hackneys Section 12 day-time rota, along with all of the other Section 12 approved doctors working for the Trust in Hackney. This is a commitment of one day approximately four times each year.
On Call and Out-of-Hour Commitments
The consultant will participate in the forensic on-call rota for East London. There is a CT, an ST and a general adult consultant on-call at the same time.
All patients in seclusion at the John Howard Centre or Wolfson House must be seen by an Approved Clinician every 24 hours, including at weekends. When on-call at weekends consultants are likely to have to conduct seclusion reviews. On average consultants on-call do two weekends each year, and additional annual leave is granted due to the weekend work commitment (presently 2.5 days/year).
The rota is a 1:23 system, with on-calls being for one week at a time. The availability supplement for this commitment is 1%.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team on Ludgate Ward, which is a 17 bedded medium-secure ward. The ward provides care to a complex population of men with acute mental health needs. There are typically one to two new admissions a month. The average length of stay on the ward is between one and two years but can be considerably shorter than this.
The role also involves seeing referrals for admission to male medium secure services, along with three consultant colleagues. In total, approximately six referrals are received for admission a month.
The post-holder may be required to provide cross-cover for urgent issues to other wards within the service.
Ludgate Ward is fully staffed with a multi-disciplinary team including a full time CT grade doctor, Modern Matron, Clinical Nurse Manager, nursing team, and a full time psychologist, OT and Social Worker. There is also dedicated admin support. Specialist education resource is available, as are Arts Therapies.
The consultant, once approved as a Clinical Supervisor, will supervise the CT grade doctor attached the ward. ST doctors are attached to the ward on rotation. Each CT doctor and ST doctor has a named Educational Supervisor who can offer support both to the trainee and the Clinical Supervisor. The Director of Medical Education in the Trust is Professor Frank Rohricht.
Section 12 duties
The post holder is expected to take part in Hackneys Section 12 day-time rota, along with all of the other Section 12 approved doctors working for the Trust in Hackney. This is a commitment of one day approximately four times each year.
On Call and Out-of-Hour Commitments
The consultant will participate in the forensic on-call rota for East London. There is a CT, an ST and a general adult consultant on-call at the same time.
All patients in seclusion at the John Howard Centre or Wolfson House must be seen by an Approved Clinician every 24 hours, including at weekends. When on-call at weekends consultants are likely to have to conduct seclusion reviews. On average consultants on-call do two weekends each year, and additional annual leave is granted due to the weekend work commitment (presently 2.5 days/year).
The rota is a 1:23 system, with on-calls being for one week at a time. The availability supplement for this commitment is 1%.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- MRCPsych or equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Additional clinical qualifications.
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of this
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within three months of appointment
Desirable
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Transport
Essential
- Ability to travel within East London and between clinical sites
Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of forensic psychiatry.
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Interest in and experience of Quality Improvement Work
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit.
Desirable
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- MRCPsych or equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Additional clinical qualifications.
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of this
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within three months of appointment
Desirable
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Transport
Essential
- Ability to travel within East London and between clinical sites
Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of forensic psychiatry.
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Interest in and experience of Quality Improvement Work
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit.
Desirable
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change.
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).
