Locum Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in London seeks a committed Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy. The role involves delivering assessments, psychotherapy, and engaging in educational activities. Ideal candidates should possess excellent clinical skills and experience in teaching and risk management. A strong commitment to improving mental health services is essential. This position is a 12-month fixed-term contract, contributing to various mental health services.

Qualifications

• Registered with GMC and a licensed practitioner.
• Experience in forensic psychotherapy.
• Ability to supervise psychiatry trainees.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments for patients.
• Deliver individual/group psychotherapy.
• Engage in teaching and training programmes.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills

Interpersonal skills

Risk management skills

Teaching ability

Consulting experience

Education

Medical degree

Postgraduate training in Psychiatry

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy with excellent clinical, interpersonal, and risk management skills, and enjoys teaching, training and consulting to a wide range of colleagues, teams, and institutions within health, forensic and social care settings.

Candidates are requested to use the section "Supporting Information" on the application form to set out their reasons for applying and their suitability, referring to the person specification, for this post.

The Tavistock & Portman has a worldwide reputation for therapeutic approaches in Mental Health and is a leading provider of post-graduate training and academic courses for Mental Health and Social Care professions.

The Portman Clinic is a NHS England commissioned national specialist outpatient clinic offering psychoanalytically orientated assessment, treatment and management for children, adolescents and adults who suffer from problematic sexual behaviours or engage in delinquent, criminal or violent behaviour. Treatment offered is individual, group and couple therapy. The aim of the Portman Clinic is to develop a body of knowledge on criminality, sexual deviancy and violence through its clinical work and to disseminate this expertise through consultancy, teaching and training, research and publication.

This is a six programmed activity (PA) locum Consultant Psychiatrist post to provide clinical services and contribute to the consultancy, teaching, and research activities of the Clinic over a 12 month FTC

Specifically, the post holder will provide assessments, individual and/or group psychotherapy for patients, supervise a psychiatry specialist trainee in forensic psychotherapy, engage in the Clinic’s other teaching and training programmes, offer consultancy to teams and organisations in the forensic field and engage in clinical governance, audit and outcome
research.

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.

We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people’s lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health

We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development, but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.

As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.
For further details please see attached detailed job description

For further information about the post please contact: Dr Jessica Yakeley, Clinical Lead, Portman Clinic, on 02077948262






This advert closes on Sunday 27 Jul 2025