Specialist Doctor - HMP Notts/Lincs Lincoln

We are recruiting a Specialist Grade doctor to provide for psychiatric needs of patients across Lincolnshire prisons (HMP Lincoln, HMP Morton Hall) and North Sea Camp. If you are interested in improving the lives of the most socially deprived population with complex health morbidities, then this job is for you. You will be providing mental healthcare with fellow doctors and other healthcare professionals through a polyclinic model with expertise in Physical Health, Mental Health, Substance Misuse, Dentistry, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Sexual Health etc. You will be a senior and experienced clinician who can work autonomously to a level of defined competencies, as agreed within local clinical governance frameworks. You need to have completed a minimum of 12 years' medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification, of which a minimum of six years should have been in a relevant psychiatric specialty including three years as a Core psychiatric trainee in the UK.

Main duties of the job include:

• Providing high quality, trauma informed psychiatric care within integrated mental health teams across HMP Morton Hall, HMP Lincoln and North Sea Camp.
• Delivering assessment, diagnosis and treatment of people with severe mental illness, neurodevelopmental conditions and complex comorbidity in custodial settings, ensuring equivalence of care with community services.
• Support by an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist will be available.
• Joining an outstanding-rated Trust delivering trauma-informed, equivalent mental healthcare within prisons, supported by strong medical leadership, protected SPA time and hybrid working.
• A typical working week is likely to include clinics/patient reviews, team meetings, liaison with other professionals, including the GP, clinical administration, and supervision.

About us: NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances. NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

Person Specification:

• Behaviours and Values
• Willing to ensure the development, maintenance, and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD, training and development programmes.
• Willing to comply with professional codes of practice and maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to psychiatry and wider mental health through engagement in health and justice clinical networks and communities of practice.
• Reliable and accessible to colleagues within Secured Services, the Medical Directorate, and across NHFT.
• Approachable and able to demonstrate empathy, a willingness to listen to the views of colleagues, an open communication style, and receptivity to feedback.

• Knowledge and Experience
• Full GMC Registration.
• Minimum of 3 years SHO/Core Training or higher grade in psychiatry.
• Prison or forensic psychiatry experience or General Adult psychiatry experience.
• Eligibility or approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act.
• Ability to provide compassionate, trauma informed care in secure settings.

• Desirable
• Additional Postgraduate Qualifications MRCPsych or equivalent.
• Experience in neurodiversity / ADHD.
• Approved Clinical Status or an interest in pursuing Approved Clinical Status.
• Teaching, leadership or service development experience.

• Skills and Abilities
• The ability to provide trauma-informed clinical care, including when faced with challenging behaviour and the constraints of secured settings.
• The ability to prioritize effectively, to work in a flexible way, and to respond to change to support the needs of patients and continuity of psychiatry provision across NHFT Secured Services.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and compassionate leadership skills.
• A growth mindset and willingness to learn and teach in a constructive manner, taking on board the ideas of others and working within a leadership structure.
• The ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues including those working for subcontracted services and across other disciplines.
• Sound judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complexity.
• The ability to gather and assimilate data from across secured services to support effective clinical governance and quality improvement of psychiatry service provision.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple sites.

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.