Forensic Consultant in Mental Health & Nation Deaf Service + 30% RRP

Overview

In this role you will serve as a Consultant Psychiatrist within Rampton Hospital’s Mental Health Service, contributing to risk-focused assessment and care for mentally disordered offenders. You join a multidisciplinary team to manage a caseload of around 20 patients, with potential for academic/research sessions. You will drive clinical governance, teaching, and service development while coordinating with courts, managers, and external bodies. This is a pivotal position shaping secure mental health care within a high-security trust.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible and agile working
• opportunity to join bank staff
• in-house health and wellbeing services
• occupational health and counselling
• staff networks (EDI, Green Champions, Freedom to Speak Up, Menopause)
• support for DBS and professional development

Responsibilities

• Assess individuals referred for admission or opinion within Rampton Hospital and linked units
• Act as Care Programme Approach Co-ordinator and oversee treatment plans
• Chair clinical team meetings, CPA meetings, and MDT leadership
• Provide timely reports to Tribunals, Hospital Managers, MOJ, Courts
• Liaise with medium secure units, prisons, Commissioners and MOJ on patient care pathways
• Chair Section 117 meetings
• Engage in personal development and annual appraisal; undertake supervision
• Contribute to supervision and training of staff within the team
• Comply with Trust policies, including safeguarding
• Undertake clinical audits
• Participate in clinical governance, quality assurance and service development
• Share administrative duties and provide information/data for service management
• Be an active member of medical staffing structures
• Provide clinical and managerial supervision to non-consultant doctors

Key requirements

• Fully registered with the GMC with licence to practise
• CCT/CCST or eligibility for Specialist Register in Forensic Psychiatry
• Approved Clinician status
• Section 12(2) approval
• Enhanced DBS clearance
• Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists preferred (equivalent qualifications considered)
• Valid UK driving licence or alternative arrangements

• leadership in multidisciplinary teams
• excellent written and oral communication
• reliability and honesty
• expert knowledge of forensic psychiatry
• risk management and use of risk assessment tools (HCR-20, PCL-R)
• Care Programme Approach (CPA) experience

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