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Specialty Doctor in Forensic Psychiatry
The closing date is 31 August 2025
Montpellier Unit within Wotton Lawn Hospital are looking for a Specialty Doctor to join their team permanently.
The specialty doctor will work directly with the supervising Consultant, whom is a trained supervisor for both Core and Advanced Trainees.
The successful doctor in this post will be expected to take part in the day to day management of all inpatients including physical health needs and completion of relevant reviews.
Through its unique position within the SW provider collaborative, the Montpellier Unit post offers the opportunity for the doctor to gain a wider understanding of operational and strategic systems, and leadership principles underpinning consultant competencies.
Applicants interested in completing CESR will be supported.
Main duties of the job
This role provides psychiatric and medical support to the Montpellier Unit. This is a low secure unit providing in-patient treatment to an all male ward of 12 beds.
Further details are in the job description.
The role is within a multidisciplinary team and you will be expected to liaise with a wide range of external parties also to best support patients.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
* 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
* 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
* 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job responsibilities
Included is the job description and further details of the post.
Formal teaching opportunities include attendance at the weekly academic meetings which includes case presentations, journal club and internal/external speakers. There are also forensic specific academic opportunities within the wider SW region, which include case discussions (usually brough by Consultants), specific service presentations.
There are in-house training opportunities available, which including training in the use of HCR-20 and working with personality disordered patients.
Depending on availability, there are occasional external training opportunities, for example DBT, Motivational interviewing, PBS, etc.
Training and UK experience in psychiatry is essential to this role.
Person Specification
GMC
* Candidate on GMC
Experience
* UK Psychiatry experience
* Further advanced training in psychiatry
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.
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