This is a new post - the Thames Valley Forensic Mental Health Service have recently taken over the provision of mental health services in HMP Bullingdon. The post holder will be responsible for leading the MHT at HMP Bullingdon. This will involve seeing and treating patients with significant mental health problems, initiating referral to hospital when required, overseeing the mental health care of prisoners detained in the healthcare wing, giving advice and guidance to colleagues, giving clinical supervision to higher forensic psychiatry trainees working in the prison, and working closely with HM Prison and Probation/ Service Colleagues. Care of patients is fully supported by a multi-disciplinary team. The post holders will be expected to lead CPA meetings. This post is also nominated as the medical lead to the prison MDT leadership team.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will lead the care of prisoners receiving treatment and support from the integrated mental health team (MHT) at HMP Bullingdon. This will include seeing and treating such patients on the wings and in the healthcare unit, initiating transfer to psychiatric hospital and being involved in receiving patients back into the prison estate when they no longer require treatment in hospital. As the majority of prisoners placed in HMP Bullingdon are from Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, hospital transfers will frequently be to psychiatric units within Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will also be involved in liaison with both general adult and community forensic mental health teams to ensure that transitions between the prison and community are smooth.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust was licensed by Monitor as a Foundation Trust from the 1st April 2011. The Trust was established in April 2006 through the integration of the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust and the Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Trust, and more recently through merger with Community Health Oxfordshire and further integration of services in Wiltshire, Swindon and North Somerset.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive range of mental health services and community health services to the Oxfordshire, mental health services and some community services to Buckinghamshire, and a number of specialised services (e.g., Forensic, Eating Disorders and CAHMS) to adjacent counties and beyond. Section 75 agreements are in place with County Councils, so that social workers are managed within the Trust's multidisciplinary mental health teams. The Trust also provides CAMHS and Eating Disorder services to Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset (BaNES, collectively 'BSW').

Job description Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for further details about the role and the main responsivities

Person Specification Qualifications/Training Essential

• oFull medical degree and registration or eligibility for registration with the GMC
• oEligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register in Forensic Psychiatry
• oEligible for Section 12 Approval
• oHigher specialist training in forensic psychiatry in approved training post for a minimum of three years.

Desirable

• oCCT in Forensic Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatry
• oSection 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval
• oSub-speciality or other specialist clinical training relevant to post.

Experience Essential

• oExperience in forensic psychiatry to CCT level
• oExperience of effective multidisciplinary team working
• oExperience of effective multi-agency partnership
• oExperience of working with patients with complex needs in a range of secure settings
• oAbility to undertake full range of consultant responsibilities.

Desirable

• oDevelopment of multidisciplinary teamwork, close collaboration with other health services, and working with a multi-agency approach, including criminal justice, health and social care.
• oApplication of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group.

Skills and Knowledge: Essential

• oAbility to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions
• oAbility to understand how organisations work most effectively.
• oCommitment to multi-agency partnership
• oAbility to promote effective team working
• oCapacity to prioritise workload.
• oMust have excellent skills in communication with patients, relatives/carers, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
• oMust be skilled in professional collaboration.
• oExperience in supervising basic level psychiatric trainees
• oMust have an interest in and commitment to forensic psychiatry
• oHonesty and integrity

Desirable

• oUndergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
• oRelevant experience of administrative and management role of senior medical staff.
• oDevelopment of multidisciplinary teamwork, close collaboration with other health services, and working with a multi-agency approach, including criminal justice, health and social care.
• oApplication of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group.

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