This consultant general adult psychiatry post sits within the Kent Prisons In-Reach Teams, leading the service across HMP Rochester, HMP Cookham Wood and HMP Maidstone. The work combines outpatient and wing-based care for prisoners with acute and chronic mental illness, personality disorder and ADHD, including CPA caseloads and segregation reviews. The three-site caseload and protected time for administration and Mental Health Act work set it apart. The post holder is expected to be eligible for the Specialist Register in forensic or general adult psychiatry, and AC status is essential.
What the job involves
- Provide consultant leadership for the In-Reach teams at HMP Rochester, HMP Cookham Wood and HMP Maidstone
- Assess prisoners in outpatient clinics, on the wing and in the segregation unit
- Manage a caseload, including patients subject to CPA
- Complete a weekly segregation round at HMP Rochester
- Liaise with services outside the prison to arrange CPAs, aftercare plans or transfers to hospital
- Provide any other care reasonably expected of a consultant in an in-reach capacity
- Contribute to an aspect of quality assurance
- Lead quality improvement initiatives agreed with multidisciplinary colleagues and service managers
- Work with service managers, consultant colleagues and the directorate's clinical leads to shape a balanced use of medical resources and job plan
- Work within an integrated mental health multidisciplinary model
- Liaise with other agencies, especially on continuity of patient care
What’s required
Registration & licences
- GMC registration
- AC status
Experience
- Relevant experience
What’s offered
- Protected time for administrative work
- Protected time for Mental Health Act work
- 2 SPAs in the job plan for professional activities such as teaching, training, research and service development
- Training in Rio and System One
- Regular formal structured mentoring by professionally trained mentors
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
