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• Job title: Consultant Psychiatrist – HMP Guys Marsh and HMP Erlestoke

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• Employer: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

• Location: HMP Guys Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset, and HMP Erlestoke, Wiltshire, England.

• Salary: Advertised at around £113,565–£150,569 per annum (pro rata).

• Employment type: Permanent.

• Work arrangement: In person, part-time (8 sessions per week), with flexibility to discuss alternative working patterns.

• Visa sponsorship: Not specified in the supplied listing.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and medical leadership to mental health in-reach teams across both prisons.

• Assess, diagnose and manage patients experiencing mental health difficulties.

• Develop individualised treatment and management plans in collaboration with patients and multidisciplinary teams.

• Manage conditions requiring pharmacological intervention, including psychotic illnesses, mood disorders and ADHD.

• Lead and participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.

• Provide specialist advice on complex mental health conditions and risk assessments.

• Undertake Mental Health Act assessments and support hospital transfers where necessary.

• Maintain Section 12(2) approval to undertake relevant Mental Health Act responsibilities.

• Coordinate with external healthcare providers, police, probation services and other agencies.

• Contribute to clinical governance, audits, service development and medical management.

• Participate in teaching, training, continuing professional development and professional appraisals.

Requirements

Essential requirements

• Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC).

• Appropriate Approved Clinician (AC) status.

• Relevant experience in psychiatry and managing complex mental health conditions.

• Eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register in Forensic Psychiatry, General Adult Psychiatry, Learning Disability Psychiatry or Addictions Psychiatry.

• Ability to provide clinical leadership within multidisciplinary mental health teams.

• Understanding of clinical governance and established psychiatric treatment standards.

• Ability to work collaboratively with healthcare professionals and external agencies.

• Willingness to participate in continuing professional development and clinical supervision.

Additional requirements

• Ability to undertake relevant Mental Health Act responsibilities.

• Successful completion of the required Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.

Benefits

• Competitive consultant salary of £113,565–£150,569 per annum, pro rata.

• Permanent employment within an established NHS Foundation Trust.

• Flexible working arrangements, with alternative working patterns and additional programmed activities open to discussion.

• 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) allocated for teaching, training, clinical governance and service development.

• Opportunities to work alongside experienced psychiatrists, psychologists and multidisciplinary professionals.

• Professional development through continuing education, peer meetings and clinical training.

• Opportunity to contribute to the expansion and improvement of prison mental health services.

• Access to the Trust’s wider staff wellbeing and professional support initiatives.

• Opportunity to develop specialist experience in forensic and secure healthcare environments.

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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