Job overview
Applications are invited for a WTE consultant forensic psychiatrist to join an established secure hospital and community forensic service providing continuity of care in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
You will share RC responsibilities with two forensic consultants at the low secure unit in Cambridge, provide clinical leadership for the treatment of a defined community caseload, and undertake specialist evaluations. You will be supported by junior medical staff and comprehensive multidisciplinary forensic teams. Service development, research and teaching are encouraged given the close links with the University of Cambridge. Informal enquiries to Forensic Clinical Lead, Dr Alan Smith ().
Main duties of the job
To provide forensic psychiatry expertise and clinical leadership to community forensic services in Cambridge and Peterborough. Responsible Clinician for inpatients at George Mackenzie House, Low Secure Unit, Cambridge.
To observe local and national employment directives for managed medical personnel and ensure adherence to appropriate NHS and Trust policies.
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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