Consultant Psychiatrist - Lincolnshire and Notts Prisons

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Consultant Psychiatrist to cover psychiatric needs across HMP Lowdham Grange and HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire. This is a full time job but we would welcome interest from those interested in working part time including those who are considering retirement from their current positions in order to take up a portfolio career to suite their post-retirement needs and interests.

If you are keen to provide mental healthcare to arguably one of the most disadvantaged and mentally disordered population in the country, then this job is for you. You will be working with a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals including counsellors and psychologists and those with expertise in neurodiversity. You would also have the advantage of working in a polyclinic model with on-site fellow healthcare professionals such as GPs, physiotherapy, dentistry, sexual health, opticians as well as Substance Misuse services.

If successful, your preferred base will be discussed with you, with the expectation to provide colleague cover in other sites in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire prisons.

You will have the option to work flexibly to undertake clinical administration, management duties and SPA from home.

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality, trauma informed psychiatric care within integrated mental health teams in prisons. The post holder will deliver assessment, diagnosis and treatment of people with severe mental illness, personality disorders, neurodevelopmental conditions and complex comorbidity in custodial settings, ensuring equivalence of care with community services.

You will also have the opportunity to supervise senior trainees from the regional higher psychiatric training programme in Forensic Psychiatry covering Rampton Hospital, Arnold Lodge and Wathwood Medium secure units and Nottingham as well as Derby low secure and community forensic services.

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.