Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Women's Service

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Gravelly Hill; On-site; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a consultant forensic psychiatrist to join their women's secure service. The role involves providing medical leadership, delivering clinical care, and contributing to service development within a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have experience in secure mental health environments and managing complex forensic patients. This role offers opportunities for additional clinical sessions and leadership roles within the Trust.

Benefits

Medical, nursing and psychology training

International reputation for research and innovation

Qualifications

• Qualified consultant forensic psychiatrist with experience in secure mental health environments.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and deliver high-quality clinical care.
• Experience in assessing and managing complex forensic patients, including within prison settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership to a multidisciplinary team.
• Deliver clinical care for an indicative caseload of 10 patients.
• Undertake assessments for women referred to the service.
• Contribute to the development of the service.

Job description

Overview

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest mental health Foundation Trusts in the country, providing mental health services to a culturally and socially diverse population. The secure care and offender health programme provides medium and low secure inpatient services for men, women and adolescents across the West Midlands. As the lead provider for Reach Out, the West Midlands Provider Collaborative, we have significantly expanded our forensic community outreach service over recent years and have successfully reduced the numbers of people from the West Midlands in secure beds. We also provide prison healthcare and a range of smaller community based clinical services.

Role

We are seeking to recruit a consultant forensic psychiatrist to work within the women’s secure service based at Ardenleigh. The service is an established inpatient service providing treatment to women from the West Midlands who have complex mental health needs and require treatment in conditions of security. The successful candidate will join two existing Consultant Forensic Psychiatrists in the women’s service.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership to a multidisciplinary clinical team within a shared leadership framework in which contributions of all are valued.
• Deliver excellent clinical care for inpatients to an indicative caseload of 10 patients.
• Retain consultant responsibility for on average 2 patients during the initial six months of discharge.
• Undertake assessments for women referred to the service and a weekly prison clinic at HMP Foston Hall (a women prison).
• Contribute as a senior leader to the further development of the service and work with colleagues within the provider collaborative to support the commissioning and delivery of secure mental health care across the region.
• Opportunities to take on additional clinical sessions, pursue relevant clinical interests and many of our current consultants have additional leadership roles within our large and diverse Trust.

Qualifications

Qualified consultant forensic psychiatrist with experience of working within a secure mental health environment. Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and deliver high quality clinical care. Experience of assessing and managing complex forensic patients, including working within prison settings, is highly desirable.

Benefits

We employ around 4,000 clinical and support staff and provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Application

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details of the roles and responsibilities of this post. This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Nov 2025.