Specialty Doctor in Forensic Psychiatry | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Birmingham is seeking a Specialty Doctor to join its forensic outreach service, FIRST. The role involves providing community care for patients discharged from secure inpatient care, conducting assessments, and contributing to service development. Applicants must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and have completed a minimum of four years of postgraduate training, with experience in psychiatry being essential. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a dynamic team focused on mental health recovery.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Peer-group meetings

Management supervision

Qualifications

• Registered with the GMC and has post graduate training.
• Two years of experience in a psychiatry training programme is preferred.
• Experience in community mental health care is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent community care for service users.
• Undertake assessments for discharge preparation.
• Liaise with the Ministry of Justice and other healthcare providers.

Skills

Psychiatry training

Community care experience

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Assessment and review skills

Education

Full registration with the General Medical Council

Completion of four years postgraduate training

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our forensic outreach service known as FIRST (Forensic Intensive Recovery and Support Team). The FIRST team provides community care across a large and diverse catchment area for patients who have been discharged from secure inpatient care.

Objectives

The overarching aims are to facilitate early discharge from inpatient care and reduce the need for avoidable re‑admission to secure care. The team achieves this by providing flexible and responsive, recovery‑focused, person‑centred mental health care. The post holder will have the opportunity to work with a range of inpatient secure providers, contribute to service development and quality improvement, and, as part of a multidisciplinary team, play a key role in enabling the recovery of service users.

Qualifications

Applicants must have full registration with the General Medical Council, with completion of four years postgraduate training, at least two of which must have been within a psychiatry training programme or equivalent experience and competences.

Responsibilities

The FIRST Specialty Doctor will work with the multidisciplinary team to provide excellent community care for service users. This will include undertaking assessments of inpatients who are referred into the service in preparation for working towards discharge, and medical reviews of patients who are under the team's care, both on a regular planned basis and urgently when necessary. You will also support other staff in managing physical health needs and will be expected to attend and participate in team reflective practice and formulation sessions.

The role will involve liaison with the Ministry of Justice, other healthcare providers including GPs, and criminal justice agencies where necessary, and in providing written reports when required.

Additional Information

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4,000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull and specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community.

There is a monthly peer‑group meeting of Specialty Doctors (which includes teaching sessions), which the post holder will be encouraged to attend. There is also an MRCPsych course for Resident doctors which the Specialty Doctor will be welcome to join if they wish.

We have an established process to support Specialty Doctors who wish to explore career progression in terms of Acting Up opportunities and support of CESR applications.

There will also be regular management supervision by the line manager.

There are many opportunities within the service for Specialty Doctor to take on additional clinical and managerial roles and as senior leaders within the service, Specialty Doctors are expected to embrace this, according to their skills and interests.

Application Deadline

This advert closes on Friday 12 Dec 2025.