Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist based at Kent Prisons In‑Reach Teams. The post holder will provide Consultant leadership for the In‑Reach teams at HMP Rochester with 4PAs DCC, HMP Cookham Wood 2PAs DCC and HMP Maidstone 2PAs DCC.
The post holder will be eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register in Forensic Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry.
In addition, the post holder would be expected to contribute to an aspect of quality assurance. 2 SPAs will be allocated in the job plan for undertaking activities that support the professional role such as teaching, training, clinical management, clinical governance, service development, research, and other relevant activities.
Clinical work – HMP Rochester, HMP Cookham Wood and HMP Maidstone
* Assessing prisoners in outpatient clinics, on the wing and in the segregation unit.
* Liaising with services outside the prison to arrange CPAs, aftercare plans or transfers to hospital.
* Any other care which could reasonably be expected of a consultant acting in an in‑reach capacity in a prison.
* Quality improvement initiatives, to be agreed with multidisciplinary colleagues and the service managers.
* The post holder will work closely with the Service Manager and consultant colleagues in the prisons, Associate Clinical Director and the Clinical Director for the Forensics and Prisons Directorate to develop a model for the use of medical resources that meets service needs appropriately and supports a job plan that is professionally balanced.
* There is protected time for administrative work, as well as protected time to deal with mental health act related work.
* It is expected that the post holder will liaise with other agencies, as may be appropriate, especially with regard to continuity of patient care.
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South‑East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Dec 2025
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