This is a new post, created as part of the pathway transformation programme.

The post holder will be a Specialty Doctor based at HMP Thameside.

Main duties of the job

Clinical work - HMP Thameside

• assessing prisoners on the houseblocks and in clinic healthcare
• liaising with services outside the prison, supporting CPAs, aftercare plans or making referrals for transfers to hospital
• managing psychiatric patients on the inpatient unit.
• any other care which could reasonably be expected of a senior psychiatrist in a prison
• quality improvement initiatives, to be agreed with multidisciplinary colleagues and the service managers.
• Collaborating with service development projects with opportunities to be involved in research and publications.

Other specific duties of the post.

Attend team meetings, support the triage function of the team, support the duty workers with urgent clinical situations, undertake new patient reviews, including completing formulations and risk assessments for these patients, be available for clinical discussions with team members about patients on the team caseload, hold follow up reviews of patients on the postholders case load.

About us

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, formed in April 1995, is a provider of mental health services for children, adults and older adults in Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich, and a specialist provider of Forensic and Challenging Behaviour services for Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham, North Southwark, Bromley, and Learning Disability Services for Greenwich, Bexley, and Bromley. The Trust also provides Community health services in Bexley and Greenwich and a wide range of health (physical and mental health) in prisons across Kent and London.

Our mission is improving lives as we strive to improve the lives of those we serve; many of whom suffer from life-long conditions. We also aim to improve the lives of staff as their well-being is fundamental to the delivery of high-quality care. We improve lives by providing the best quality health and social care.

Our values express our heart at Oxleas.

Our values are:

We're Kind: We show consideration, concern, and thoughtfulness towards everyone.

We're Fair: We embrace difference, treat everyone with respect and promote diversity, equality, and inclusion.

We Listen: We always seek to understand, learn, and improve.

We Care: We work together and innovate to put our service users at the heart of everything we do.

Our values have been developed through discussions with our staff, patients, and local people about what our priorities should be to support us to achieve our mission of 'Improving lives'.

Job description Job responsibilities

HMP Thameside is a Category B mens private prison in the Thamesmead area in the borough of Greenwich, South-East London, England. HMP Thameside is operated by Serco and is situated next to Belmarsh and ISIS prisons.

The post includes an interesting and varied range of clinical responsibilities for prisoners with a wide range of clinical conditions, including acute and chronic mental illness, personality disorder and ADHD. The in-reach team holds a caseload and within this caseload, number of patients would be subject to CPA management. New assessments are normally slotted into the ward rounds (Inpatients) and into prearranged out-patient clinics if the new assessments are generated from the referral system. All referrals are triaged by the In-Reach Team. On rare occasions, assessments are requested as an emergency from the wings or segregation unit. This is variable but on average couple of times a week. Whilst there is flexibility in allocation of individual responsibilities, the overarching model is one of integrated working across the mental health multidisciplinary teams.

Person Specification Registration Essential

• GMC Registered

Registration Essential

• Section 12

Experience Essential

• Relevant experience

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