NHS Jobs
Consultant Psychiatrist – Forensic Psychiatry
Key Responsibilities
- Take overall responsibility for patient treatment plans in conjunction with the MDT
- Attend SMT morning handover
- Assess referrals to determine suitability for admission
- Undertake appropriate investigations, diagnosis & treatment
- Participate in ward rounds, clinical audit and quality improvement work
- Chair and oversee CPA reviews
- Lead the implementation of risk assessment and risk management
- Participate in clinical governance and ensure implementation of policies and protocols
- Work and liaise with external agencies
- Write and supervise various reports including Mental Health Act tribunals and managers reports and attend hearings
Skills and Expertise
- Full GMC registration
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Specialty Register for Forensic Psychiatry or General Psychiatry with forensic experience
- Able to lead and work within multi-disciplinary teams
- Good CPD standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Appraisal within the last year
- AC and Section 12 (2) approval
Job Facilities/Benefits
- Competitive annual salary
- 8,400 car allowance
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
- Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity Package
- Free meals while on duty
- Employee Assistance Services
- Career development and training
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Voluntary benefits
- Medical indemnity cover
- Retail discounts and special offers
- Opportunities for research and audit
- Opportunities to feed into a regular monthly medics’ meeting
- Half day of CPD on Friday afternoons (attended by Elysium Northwest Consultants and the specialty doctors)
- On call duties as 2nd on call in a two-tier system across the region, approximately twice a month
- Opportunity for voluntary paid extra 1st on call shifts