Specialty Doctor Forensic Service

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Greater London seeks a Specialty Doctor for its Forensic Services in Chase Farm Hospital. The role involves providing psychiatric assessments and managing a patient caseload on a low secure ward. Responsibilities include participating in ward rounds, preparing legal reports, and ensuring high-quality mental health care. Candidates should possess a medical degree and experience in psychiatry. The position offers the opportunity to contribute to patient care and work in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in psychiatric assessments and patient management.
• Ability to prepare reports for legal and tribunal processes.
• Strong understanding of medication management in psychiatric care.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric input and undertake assessments of patients.
• Manage a caseload of up to 8 patients on a low secure ward.
• Participate in ward rounds and liaise with various healthcare services.

Skills

Psychiatric assessment

Medication management

Liaison with healthcare providers

Report preparation for legal hearings

Capacity assessment

Education

Medical degree

Specialist training in psychiatry

Job description

The post holder will provide psychiatric input to, and undertake psychiatric assessments and physical health assessments of patients on a low secure ward on the main Chase Farm hospital site. The post holder will be responsible for a caseload of up to 8 patients and spend 2 days per week on site.

Clinical duties include individually assessing and reviewing patients, as well as participating in ward rounds and CPAs; with opportunities available for the post holder to prepare reports for the courts, tribunal hearings, managers’ hearings, and the Ministry of Justice, and to give evidence at tribunals and managers’ hearings; managing medication regimes and assessing capacity to consent to treatment; liaising with SOADs; undertaking seclusion reviews; liaising with other services including high and low secure units, prisons, physical health providers, and the Ministry of Justice about the patient’s care.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We We will offer good places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Please see attached JD / Person Spec for more details on the Specialty Doctor - Forensic Service (Blue Nile) role at Chase Farm Hospital

This advert closes on Wednesday 31 Dec 2025