Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist – Reaside Clinic

We are looking to recruit a full time, permanent Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist to join our multidisciplinary team at Reaside Clinic, Birmingham. The post holder will be the Responsible Clinician for a caseload comprising male patients in medium secure care and community patients who have been discharged from secure care. You will provide medical leadership to a multidisciplinary clinical team, manage referrals into the service from a defined geographical catchment area, and maintain good working relationships with secondary care services in that area. There will be many opportunities to develop in the role according to interests, and within the secure care and offender health directorate or in the wider Trust.

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will be responsible for managing referrals to the clinical team, liaising with referrers and arranging clinical assessments, in conjunction with the senior nurse working in the team.
• Clinical assessments will largely be access to care assessments, intended to facilitate the movement of patients along the most appropriate care pathway.
• Assessments may also be carried out to provide advice on management for patients who do not require admission to secure care but where there are significant concerns about risk.

Person specification:

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
• Expected to be approved to act as an approved clinician for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1983 prior to commencement of post.
• MRCPsych or equivalent.
• Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
• Substantial experience of psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness, complex presentations and serious risk behaviours.
• Values a multi-disciplinary, person centred approach to patient care.
• Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level.
• Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team.
• Evidence of potential for effective leadership.
• Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team.
• Willingness to be involved in management of service.
• Able to participate in Consultant on-call rota.
• Able to travel.
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a CCST or equivalent in Forensic Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register.
• Additional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field.
• Experience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population.
• Experience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery.
• Experience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project.
• Completed and disseminated research or audit projects.

Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case by case basis. Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust. The Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription. All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your second week with us.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed. Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, please ensure that you check if this role meets the eligibility criteria for sponsorship. Non UK /Republic of Ireland candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here.

The minimum salary threshold for a Health and Social Care is £25,000 and for the Skilled Worker route is £38,700. If the starting salary for this role is below this, we will not be able to provide sponsorship. Relocation expenses may be reimbursed subject to eligibility. The policy provides for reimbursement up to £8,000.