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This is an excellent opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient. This is a newly created post as a result of additional funding received to expand our healthcare services within our prison portfolio.
The post will require working across two Category C prisons, HMP Erlestoke & HMP Guy’s Marsh. Both sites house sentenced prisoners and due to the stability of their populations, there is scope for transformational work in service users lives within a team and prison setting structured to deliver this. The prison population is complex from a Mental Health perspective with SMI, neurodevelopmental disorders, substance misuse, trauma and personality disorder all significantly overrepresented in relation to the general population.
Working Pattern
* 2 days at HMP Erlestoke
* 2 days at HMP Guys Marsh
The post holder will have 2.5 SPA allocated in their job plan for undertaking activities that support the professional role such as teaching, training, clinical management, clinical governance, service development and other relevant activities.
We are keen to accommodate flexibility and encourage interest from applicants with varied availability – we are open to working patterns, days, and number of PA’s (open to discussion of full-time).
Key Responsibilities
* Provide medical leadership to the mental health in-reach teams at each site.
* Collaborate with psychology teams to work with trauma and personality disorders prevalent in the prison population.
* Ensure trauma‑informed care model is applied.
* Provide assessment and management of conditions requiring pharmacological input, most commonly chronic psychotic illness, mood disorders and ADHD.
* Support rehabilitative work delivered by the prison – Offending Behaviour Programmes and interventions at these sites.
* Conduct outpatient clinical work within the prison healthcare department.
* Facilitate transfer of prisoners under the Mental Health Act and maintain s12(2) approval lead on transfers.
* Participate in service development and clinical governance.
Qualifications & Experience
Qualifications are not explicitly listed in the posting. Applicants are expected to meet the standard competencies for a Consultant Psychiatrist in the NHS.
Contact
Name: Harneet Hundal
Job title: Clinical Director
Email: h.hundal@nhs.net
Telephone: 01322 297 152
Senior Level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
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