BSMHFT is one of the largest mental health Foundation Trusts in the country, providing services to a culturally and socially-diverse population. The secure care and offender health programme provides medium and low secure inpatient services for men, women and adolescents across the West Midlands. As the lead provider for Reach Out, the West Midlands Provider Collaborative, we have significantly expanded our forensic community outreach service over recent years and have successfully reduced the numbers of people from the West Midlands in secure beds. We also provide prison healthcare and a range of smaller community based clinical services.

We are seeking to recruit a locum consultant forensic psychiatrist to work within our men's medium secure service, based at Reaside Clinic. 18 months fixed term contract.

Main duties of the job

You will provide medical leadership to a multidisciplinary clinical team within a shared leadership framework in which the contributions of all are valued. You will deliver excellent clinical care for inpatients and those in the community, working with partner agencies.

You will contribute as a senior leader to the further development of the service, and work with colleagues within the provider collaborative to support the commissioning and delivery of secure mental health care across the region.

There will be opportunities to take on additional clinical sessions, pursue relevant clinical interests and many of our current consultants have additional leadership roles within our large and diverse Trust.

About us

This is an opportunity to join a large and comprehensive forensic mental health service, with a peer group of over 20 consultant forensic psychiatrists working across multiple clinical services. There are exciting service developments planned over the coming years, including the development of a new approximately 120 bed medium secure unit to replace Reaside Clinic. As a consultant within the service you will play an important role in the development of this major project.

Our Trust values are at the centre of all our work: compassionate, inclusive and committed.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details of the roles and responsibilities of this post.

If you have any questions or would like to arrange to visit the service please contact Dr Tom Clark, clinical director, or Dr Leela Sivaprasad, clinical lead at Reaside Clinic

Person Specification
Scoring
Essential

• oFull GMC registration
• oApproved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
• oEligible for Approved Clinician status
• oEligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT
• oExcellent knowledge of the field of forensic psychiatry and relevant clinical services
• oExcellent oral and written communication skills in English
• oCommitment to clinical audit & quality improvement within multi-disciplinary team.
• oExperience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
• oEvidence of effective medical leadership or potential for this.
• oExcellent communication skills.
• oAbility to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team.
• oAbility to be involved in service management and development
• oAble to travel

Desirable

• oMRCPsych
• oAdditional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field
• oBroad clinical training including both inpatient and community service
• oExperience of working within prisons
• oAbility to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• oExperience in research, publications, grants and clinical trials
• oExperience of leading or contributing to service development
• oAble to participate in Consultant on-call rota.
• oExperience of working in psychiatric intensive care settings
• oAbility to provide medical leadership on a psychiatric intensive care unit and contain anxiety and uncertainty within the team
• oExcellent physical healthcare knowledge and skills
• oExperience in research, publications, grants and clinical trials
• oExperience of leading or contributing to service development
• oAble to participate in Consultant on-call rota

BMJRef: BMJ-76269/436-9166-TC