Job summary
This exciting new post offers the opportunity to provide clinical leadership across NHFT Secured Services and to deliver high-quality trauma-informed clinical care within an integrated mental health team, based at HMP Peterborough. The post provides the opportunity to gain experience in medical leadership and management, to be involved with research, and to work flexibly.
We are offering a £40,000 welcome bonus to the successful candidate, paid over the course of your first two years in post.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide care for patients reaching the threshold for secondary services in HMP Peterborough (a privately managed local category B men's and closed women's prison with capacity for 944 males and 360 females includes 12 bedded Mother and Baby unit). They will work closely with the mental health team in HMP Peterborough, providing medical leadership, assessments, input into multi-professional decision making, treatment and reviews, and support the transfer of patients to secure hospital where required.
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Details Date posted
05 June 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£105,504 to £139,882 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
270-MED454
Job locations
HMP Peterborough
Saville Road
Peterborough
PE3 7PD
Job description Job responsibilities
For more details please find attached the full job description or please call the service. Please note this job description is currently with the Royal College of Psychiatry for approval
Job description Job responsibilities
For more details please find attached the full job description or please call the service. Please note this job description is currently with the Royal College of Psychiatry for approval
Person Specification Knowledge and Experience Essential
* oRoyal College of Psychiatrists AAC and Section 12 approval
* oRegistration with a relevant professional body
* oBroad clinical experience and current clinical expertise
* oExperience and knowledge of compassionate leadership, skills to influence behaviour and culture, and foster collaborative working within and between teams
* oExperience of co-production
* oFamiliarity with tools for effective clinical governance, continuity, development and growth of psychiatry provision across NHFT secured services
* oAbility to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures and ways of working, boundaries, organizations and systems to build effective partnerships and innovation in service delivery
Behaviours and Values Essential
* oWilling to ensure the development, maintenance, and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD, training and development programmes.
* oWilling to comply with professional codes of practice and maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to psychiatry and wider mental health through engagement in health and justice clinical networks and communities of practice
* oReliable and accessible to colleagues within Secured Services, the Medical Directorate, and across NHFT.
* oApproachable and able to demonstrate empathy, a willingness to listen to the views of colleagues, an open communication style, and receptivity to feedback.
* oAble to lead with compassion, to demonstrate integrity, and to motivate, inspire and empower both individual colleagues and teams, fostering a culture in which hope, kindness, resilience, and excellence thrive.
Skills and Abilties Essential
* oAbility to provide trauma-informed clinical care, including when faced with challenging behaviour and the constraints of secured settings.
* oAbility to prioritize effectively, to work in a flexible way, and to respond to change to support the needs of patients and continuity of psychiatry provision across NHFT Secured Services
* oExcellent interpersonal, communication, and compassionate leadership skills
* oA growth mindset and willingness to learn and teach in a constructive manner, taking on board the ideas of others and working within a leadership structure.
* oAbility to collaborate effectively with colleagues including those working for subcontracted services and across other disciplines.
* oSound judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complexity
* oAbility to gather and assimilate data from across secured services to support effective clinical governance and quality improvement of psychiatry service provision
* oAbility to communicate information in a range of formats including one-to-one meetings, formal and informal meetings, written reports and electronic communication including small databases
Person Specification Knowledge and Experience Essential
* oRoyal College of Psychiatrists AAC and Section 12 approval
* oRegistration with a relevant professional body
* oBroad clinical experience and current clinical expertise
* oExperience and knowledge of compassionate leadership, skills to influence behaviour and culture, and foster collaborative working within and between teams
* oExperience of co-production
* oFamiliarity with tools for effective clinical governance, continuity, development and growth of psychiatry provision across NHFT secured services
* oAbility to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures and ways of working, boundaries, organizations and systems to build effective partnerships and innovation in service delivery
Behaviours and Values Essential
* oWilling to ensure the development, maintenance, and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD, training and development programmes.
* oWilling to comply with professional codes of practice and maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to psychiatry and wider mental health through engagement in health and justice clinical networks and communities of practice
* oReliable and accessible to colleagues within Secured Services, the Medical Directorate, and across NHFT.
* oApproachable and able to demonstrate empathy, a willingness to listen to the views of colleagues, an open communication style, and receptivity to feedback.
* oAble to lead with compassion, to demonstrate integrity, and to motivate, inspire and empower both individual colleagues and teams, fostering a culture in which hope, kindness, resilience, and excellence thrive.
Skills and Abilties Essential
* oAbility to provide trauma-informed clinical care, including when faced with challenging behaviour and the constraints of secured settings.
* oAbility to prioritize effectively, to work in a flexible way, and to respond to change to support the needs of patients and continuity of psychiatry provision across NHFT Secured Services
* oExcellent interpersonal, communication, and compassionate leadership skills
* oA growth mindset and willingness to learn and teach in a constructive manner, taking on board the ideas of others and working within a leadership structure.
* oAbility to collaborate effectively with colleagues including those working for subcontracted services and across other disciplines.
* oSound judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complexity
* oAbility to gather and assimilate data from across secured services to support effective clinical governance and quality improvement of psychiatry service provision
* oAbility to communicate information in a range of formats including one-to-one meetings, formal and informal meetings, written reports and electronic communication including small databases
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Peterborough
Saville Road
Peterborough
PE3 7PD
Employer's website
https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details Employer name
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Peterborough
Saville Road
Peterborough
PE3 7PD
Employer's website
https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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