Specialty Doctor in Forensic Psychiatry

NHS; Middlesbrough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialty Doctor in Forensic Psychiatry. This role focuses on delivering high-quality clinical care within a multidisciplinary team. Applicants must possess appropriate medical qualifications and experience to meet service needs across its mental health facilities.

Qualifications

• Participation in continuous professional development is required.
• Must show evidence of annual appraisal and commitment to revalidation.
• Experience in psychiatric core training programme is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Responsible Clinician as a part of the multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in referral assessments across various settings.
• Deliver high-quality clinical care to service users.

Skills

Good knowledge of psychiatry

Excellent clinical skills

Ability to manage clinical complexity

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Fully registered with the GMC

MRCPsych or equivalent postgraduate qualification

At least 4 years postgraduate experience

Job description

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Specialty Doctor in Forensic Psychiatry

The closing date is 10 July 2025

This is a new post created tomeet service needs.

There is a vacancyx3 full time Speciality Doctor's working within the The Forensic Mental Health Services. Forensic Mental Health Services relocated to Ridgeway, with its purposebuilt medium and low secure facilities in May 2010. This facility offersincreased capacity, with over 160 medium and low secure male and femalein-patients currently receiving care. A wide range of specialties are cateredfor, including services for intellectually disabled and autistic people. Ridgeway offers spacious accommodation along with a comprehensive rangeof facilities including its own gymnasium, football pitch, cafe, GP surgery,dental surgery and resource centre. The principal objectives of the service are to cater for mentallydisordered patients who require a greater degree of security than can beprovided in conventional psychiatric settings in the region, but who do notneed the degree of security provided by the High Secure Hospitals. Typically,the needs of service users who require high security would be met at RamptonHospital in Nottinghamshire.

The service has a full complement of clinical and forensicpsychologists, social workers, occupational therapists and technicalinstructors working into the MDTs. There are supportive and experienced seniornursing colleagues working throughout the service, together with PracticeDevelopment Practitioners to ensure continuous quality improvement.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work closely with theResponsible Clinician and as a vital part of the multidisciplinary team inensuring the delivery of high-quality clinical care to service users. Specialtydoctors have long been an important part of the service that we provide, and weare committed to supporting their longer-term career development. In additionto ward-based clinical work, there will be opportunities to participate inreferral assessments, which may include other hospitals at various levels ofsecurity, as well as custodial settings.

About us

We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We provide a range inpatient and community services to 2m people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire. We also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.

We are a multi-award winning trust and are included within the Health Service Journals Best 100 Places to Work. The trust take a positive and proactive approach to support staff in their personal development and has embedded the Talent Management approach within the Trust.

Psychiatrists are essential contributors to the majority of our mental health teams. Service users expect and are justified to expect collaborative relationships with dedicated psychiatrists who work consistently as part of effective services. Our medical staffing shortage puts strain on services and puts strain on workforce wellbeing and costs extend beyond the financial. The Medical Directorate and Medical Development Team are striving to improve medical workforce recruitment and retention in a variety of ways and the cornerstone of these efforts is The TEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce. (Please see attached Supporting Document).

Job responsibilities

This is for THREE Specialty Doctor post's; please refer to the attached Job Description's for further information and detail on each vacancy.

If you have a preference, please specify in your supporting information; alternatively, you will be asked if successful at interview.

Person Specification

Teaching & Training

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Evidence of annual appraisal and commitment to appraisal and revalidation.

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• At least 4 years postgraduate experience, including at least 2 years in a core psychiatry training programme in UK or abroad
• Approved under S12 of MHA OR able to achieve within 6 months of appointment.
• MRCPsych or equivalent postgraduate qualification.

Clinical Knowledge & Skills

• Good knowledge of psychiatry.
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.

Research, Audit & Quality Improvement

• Has actively participated in clinical audit.
• Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology.
• Participated in research and/or service improvement.

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust