Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Consultant to join CNWL NHS FT Health & Justice Services.
We are looking for a Consultant who is passionate about prison psychiatry and can deliver outstanding clinical leadership to the mental health team. This Post is ideally suited for a Consultant who enjoys assessing and treating challenging and unusual mental and physical health clinical presentations in a complex long term environment.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical leadership to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care to the men resident
To develop their own specialist interests and if appropriate to bring these in line with Trust and local service development
Teaching and training of specialist nurses, other nurses and prison staff where appropriate.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of offender care services within the Trust to the highest standard through clinical audit and other activities related to Care Quality.
Working for our organisation
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff that provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.
The Mental Health Team in HMP Aylesbury works closely with prison staff and other health and non-health contracted services to provide a person-centred, continuous service that promotes positive health and social care outcomes, sustainable resettlement and reduction in re- offending.
HMP Aylesbury is a Category B prison with a Category A function that was builtin 1992. Within the perimeter it has a Close Supervision Centre, which accommodates a number of the highest risk men within the prison estate. It also has a Separation Centre, which accommodates inmates felt to be at risk of radicalizing others and a Protected Witness Unit. It
does not have a remand function.
The prison accommodates approximately 500 adult male prisoners and a small number of Category A young offenders. CNWL provides primary care, mental health and addiction services and is an integral part of the wider prison team contributing to the rehabilitative culture within the establishment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will accept that the description of duties is not exhaustive. The detail of duties will be reviewed in the light of the post-holder’s experience and the needs of the service.
Amendments to the post- holder’s duties may be possible as the Directorate continues to develop
Clinical Responsibilities:
• Assessment (including the assessment of risk), treatment, care planning
and multiagency liaison for people with mental health problems in the prisons.
• Undertake Mental Capacity Assessments.
• Contribute to planned emergency interventions.
• Liaison with prisons, courts, statutory and non-statutory agencies,
concerning all aspects of the mental health care management of men with mental health problems in the prisons.
• To work closely with the Manager, Psychologists and other lead
professionals to provide clinical leadership and ensure safe, supportive care.
• To liaise closely with other medical, clinical and managerial staff to
provide high quality care pathways.
• Participation, when relevant, in the ACCT (self-harm / suicide prevention) processes.
• Practice in accordance with NICE and other relevant Guidelines and CNWL Trust policy.
• Accurate record keeping according to Trust and professional guidelines
(data protection legislation and information governance standards).
• Application of the Mental Health Act including sections 48/49 and 47/49.
General Responsibilities:
• Contribution to Care Quality through audit, research, and participation in
local and Trust wide care quality processes, including CQC inspections.
• Practice in accordance with NICE and other relevant guidelines.
• To contribute to ensuring that the Health and Justice Directorate and the Trust as a whole achieve the activity, performance and outcome targets as
agreed with key stakeholders.
• Contribution to service development (care pathways/clinical
protocols/new
• service development) according to need and in agreement with the
Clinical Director.
• To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
• To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit
this promptly to the Information Department.
• To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
• To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
• To attend and participate in the academic programmes of the Trust,
including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programmes.
• To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council,
Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
• To participate annually in a job plan review with the Clinical Director, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensurethat the post is developed to consider changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation.
• To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the
efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the
medical contribution to management.
• To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders
and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial
management of the service and support the medical director and other
managers in preparing plans for services
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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