Forensic Psychiatrist

Elysium Healthcare; Wellington; On-site; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job description

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist who wants to help shape mental health care for men and women across different levels of security? Join Wellesley Hospital, a friendly, committed and long established Mental Health Service.

Wellesley Hospital provides a range of medium and low secure mental health inpatient services, including male, female, and LD+A wards. Wellesley Hospital is a well-established provider in the South-west Provider Collaborative for secure services.

As a Consultant Psychiatrist, some of your key responsibilities will include management of complex cases, formulating care plans and treatments for individual needs of service users, and guiding on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness. You will have a caseload of approximately 15-20 inpatients depending on the service user cohort and as a result may have a caseload across different wards.

You will have the opportunity for career development and you will have access to excellent CPD opportunities, a peer group of enthusiastic and high-calibre doctors and study leave funding to support your continuing education and training in line with your goals.

As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will be:

• Taking overall responsibility for patient treatment plans in conjunction with the MDT.
• Attending morning handover.
• Assessing referrals to determine suitability for admission.
• Undertaking appropriate investigations, diagnosis & treatment.
• Participating in ward rounds, clinical audit and quality improvement work.
• Chairing and overseeing CPA reviews.
• Leading the implementation of risk assessment and management.
• Participating in clinical governance and ensuring implementation of policies and protocols.
• Working and liaising with external agencies.
• Writing and supervising various reports including for the Mental Health Tribunal and Managers' Hearings, and attending hearings.

Medical first tier on-call is covered by an external agency. Consultants are expected to take part in second-tier on-call. This is a low intensity on-call at a frequency of approximately 1 in 7.

The post holder will be expected to provide cover for other medical colleagues during leave and other absences and this is reciprocated.

To be successful as a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will need:

• Full GMC registration.
• MRCPsych or equivalent.
• To be on the Specialty Register for Forensic Psychiatry or General Psychiatry with forensic experience.
• To be able to lead and work within multi-disciplinary teams.
• To be in good CPD standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists and to have had an appraisal within the last year.
• AC and Section 12(2) approval.

What you will get:

• Competitive annual salary.
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
• A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) with a 10% pension contribution.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
• Free meals while on duty.
• Employee Assistance Services.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Voluntary benefits.
• Medical indemnity cover.
• Flexibility to work in clinically led environments.

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.