Overview
You are a compassionate, confident, and skilled psychiatrist who can work autonomously while also thriving as part of a team. You are adaptable, resilient, and driven by a commitment to delivering excellent care. This role is based at HMP Chelmsford and involves delivering high-quality, patient-centered care within a unique and rewarding environment. You will have opportunities to influence service development, work within a strong multi-disciplinary team, and support some of the most vulnerable people in the criminal justice system.
Responsibilities
* Conduct comprehensive medical assessments and deliver high-quality clinical care and treatment.
* Formulate complex cases, addressing both psychiatric and medical needs.
* Prescribe and monitor medications, including those beyond typical psychiatric formularies, following NICE guidelines.
* Engage in multidisciplinary discussions to determine the most appropriate treatment settings for patients, and take an active role in the strategic development of the mental health service.
* Provide clinical supervision and leadership to senior mental health clinicians.
* Promote key service values including evidence-based practice, coordinated care, and effective risk management.
* Work with managerial and clinical leaders to continuously improve and evolve the service; work as part of a highly skilled Multi-Disciplinary Team, reviewing referrals, planning treatment, and conducting risk assessments.
* Attend and contribute to clinical MDT meetings, including discussions on high-risk patients.
* Build strong relationships with prison staff, operational teams, and external partners to ensure integrated and cohesive care.
Qualifications and Requirements
* On the Specialist Register in General Adult Psychiatry or Forensic Psychiatry
* Approved Clinician (AC) status
* Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983
* Strong understanding of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
* Up-to-date knowledge in adult psychiatry and personality disorder
* Awareness of current mental health policy, legislation, and service provision
Why join
We’re looking for an exceptional Psychiatrist to join our dedicated mental health team at HMP Chelmsford, where you’ll play a crucial role in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care within a unique and rewarding environment. This is your opportunity to influence service development, work within a strong multi-disciplinary team, and support some of the most vulnerable people in the criminal justice system. In a prison setting, your work is challenging but highly impactful, and you’ll collaborate closely with healthcare colleagues across the prison to prioritise safety, compassion, and outstanding clinical practice. You’ll have the chance to shape mental health provision, mentor clinical staff, and provide expert assessment and treatment to patients with both stable and acute mental health needs.
Benefits and Professional Development
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Learning and Development team
* Open, just culture that encourages ideas to help deliver our purpose
* Support for safeguarding and safer working practices with comprehensive recruitment checks
* £120,000 - £130,000 per annum (depending on experience) plus group pension
* 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
* Company Sick Pay
* Enhanced Maternity Package
* Life Assurance
* Membership of My Reward Hub for discounts and cashback
* Access to wages as you earn them to help cover emergencies
* Wellbeing resources including mental and physical health support, legal, debt and life management help, and career coaching
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children’s community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year—guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be inclusive of everyone.
safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance. We have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices, and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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