Job overview
Applications are invited for a -month fixed term WTE speciality doctor in psychiatry to join a secure hospital and community forensic service providing continuity of care in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The main clinical duties are at the George Mackenzie House, Low Secure Unit, Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge. Supporting the forensic consultants, the postholder will provide day to day treatment for patients detained at the secure unit. The postholder will be involved in conducting assessments of new referrals to the unit, giving evidence before tribunals and preparing reports. There is scope for the successful applicant to contribute to outpatient work in the community forensic service.
Main duties of the job
The main clinical duties are at the George Mackenzie House, Low Secure Unit, Fulbourn Hospital.
Working with forensic consultants, the postholder will provide day to day treatment of patients detained at the secure unit.
The postholder will have a high presence on the ward, attend daily handover meetings and engage in ward rounds, care programme approach meetings, and unit governance meetings.
The postholder will be involved in conducting assessments of new referrals to the unit, giving evidence before tribunals and preparing reports.
There will be some duties related to the three forensic beds on Mulberry Ward.
There is scope for the successful applicant to contribute to outpatient work in the community forensic service.
Other medical staff within the service include training grade doctors (CT and ST).
There are GP sessions to the secure unit.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
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