Psychiatrist - HMP Chelmsford

NHS; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Psychiatrist to join their healthcare team in a challenging yet rewarding environment. This role involves diagnosing and managing the mental health needs of prisoners, ensuring high-quality care while collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team. You will have the opportunity to shape the strategic direction of mental health services, implement best practices, and promote evidence-based treatment. With a strong commitment to transforming health and care, this organization offers a supportive environment where your contributions can make a significant impact on the lives of individuals facing complex mental health challenges.

Benefits

25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Company Policy Sick Pay

Enhanced Maternity Package

Life Assurance

Access to Discounts on Purchases

Access to Wages as Earned

Online and Face-to-Face Wellbeing Support

Access to eLearning and Professional Development

Encouragement of Innovative Ideas

Qualifications

• Registered professional with current GMC registration.
• Specialist in General Adult or Forensic Psychiatry.

Responsibilities

• Conduct medical assessments and provide clinical care to patients.
• Lead and participate in strategic development of mental health services.

Skills

Psychiatric Assessment

Clinical Care

Case Formulation

Multi-Disciplinary Team Collaboration

Medication Management

Understanding of Mental Health Policy

Education

Registered with GMC

Specialist Registration in Psychiatry

Job description

HMP Chelmsford are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Psychiatrist to join our healthcare team. As a Psychiatrist within the prison service, you will play a critical role in providing high-quality mental health care to individuals in a challenging yet rewarding environment. You will be responsible for diagnosing, treating, and managing the mental health needs of prisoners, many of whom may have complex and severe mental health conditions.

Main duties of the job

• Medical Assessment and Clinical Care: Conduct medical assessments and provide excellent clinical care, assessment, and treatment to patients on the caseload onsite.
• Case Formulation: Formulate complex cases involving both medical and psychiatric needs.
• Strategic Participation and Leadership: Actively participate in shaping the strategic direction of the mental health service, lead senior mental health clinicians in service development, and provide clinical supervision.
• Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Collaboration: Work within the MDT to review referrals, determine appropriate treatment plans, conduct risk assessments, and engage in complex case reviews.
• MDT Meetings: Attend clinical MDT meetings and participate in discussions regarding high-risk patients.
• Treatment Setting Discussions: Engage in multidisciplinary discussions to determine the most appropriate treatment settings for patients.
• Guideline Implementation: Implement clinical guidelines and best practices.
• Prescribing and Medication Management: Prescribe medications beyond the usual psychiatric formulary and appropriately monitor medications in line with NICE guidelines.
• Service Values Promotion: Promote key service values including evidence-based treatment, collaborative teamwork, coordinated care, and efficient risk management.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

Job responsibilities

You will feel valued as a Psychiatrist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• A salary of £120,000 - £130,000 per year depending on experience
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Company Policy Sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Life Assurance
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

Minimum Requirements

• Registered professional with current registration (GMC)
• Specialist Registration in either General Adult or Forensic Psychiatry
• Approved under section 12 (2) of the MHS 1983
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• Up to date knowledge in the adult psychiatry and PD
• Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy, and legislation

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.