About the role
The postholder will lead their own in research in Forensic Psychiatry and promote collaboration across disciplinary boundaries within UCL. The postholder is expected to attract, mentor, and support clinical and non-clinical early career researchers. The postholder will be expected to contribute to the overall scientific mission of UCL, working with colleagues across psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience and beyond. The post will include specialist teaching duties on undergraduate and postgraduate non-clinical and professional courses and the supervision of research students and junior staff. There is extensive IT and professional support for teaching within UCL.
The postholder will have an honorary consultant psychiatrist appointment with North London NHS Foundation Trust and will carry out clinical duties in Forensic Psychiatry amounting to 5 NHS Programmed Activities.
Appointment details:
• The post is graded on the (Consultant Clinical Academic scale), the annual salary for which ranges from £, and £,, according to seniority, plus £2, London Allowance) 1 FTE (10 PAs).
• The appointment is available from (January ).
Role specific details:
• Any offer of employment will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
• Salary on appointment is subject to seniority and experience.
About you
• You are an experienced Forensic Psychiatrist with proven ability to conduct research and deliver excellent teaching. You will either have GMC registration (if working in the UK) or will be expected to successfully obtain GMC registration and a licence to practice at the required grade prior to starting in post.
• You will also hold Approved Clinician status and be qualified to act as a Responsible Clinician to fulfil your NHS honorary contract.
• If a UK-based candidate, you should be a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (or equivalent) and registered with their CPD programme and in good standing. Non-UK candidates should demonstrate compliance with the comparative requirements of their clinical training system.
• If a UK-based candidate, you will have experience in work-place based assessments of doctors in training.
• Proven ability and commitment to carry out high quality original research, leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals. Proven ability to win research grants and to support others doing so.
• Proven ability and commitment to teaching, in both academic and clinical settings, with teaching and supervision skills for undergraduate medical and postgraduate students including doctoral candidates, doctors in training and multi-professional staff. • Strong clinical leadership and the ability to take forward service developments; ability to take on the role and responsibilities of the clinical lead.
Application process:
• A full job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
• Please submit a CV and use the personal statement section to explain how you meet each essential and desirable criteria outlined in the person specification.
• Please do not upload any additional documents (transcripts, papers, or other reports). • Please do not upload your photograph on your application/CV.
• Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed by an advisory appointments committee (AAC).
• The advert will close midnight on 2nd November
• Interviews will be held in the afternoon on 17th December .
Contact details:
1. If you have any queries about the role, please contact (Professor Elvira Bramon) at or Dr Vincent Kirchner at
2. If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact
What we offer
A s well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
• 41 days holiday (including 27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days)
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• On-site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay
• Employee Assistance Programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance
The full range of staff benefits can be found here: