Psychiatrist

HMP Chelmsford is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Psychiatrist to join our healthcare team. As a Psychiatrist within the prison service, you will play a critical role in providing high-quality mental health care to individuals in a challenging yet rewarding environment. You will be responsible for diagnosing, treating, and managing the mental health needs of prisoners, many of whom may have complex and severe mental health conditions.
Main duties of the jobMedical Assessment and Clinical Care:Conduct medical assessments and provide excellent clinical care, assessment, and treatment to patients on the caseload onsite.Case Formulation:Formulate complex cases involving both medical and psychiatric needs.Strategic Participation and Leadership:Actively participate in shaping the strategic direction of the mental health service, lead senior mental health clinicians in service development, and provide clinical supervision.Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Collaboration:Work within the MDT to review referrals, determine appropriate treatment plans, conduct risk assessments, and engage in complex case reviews.MDT Meetings:Attend clinical MDT meetings and participate in discussions regarding high-risk patients.Treatment Setting Discussions:Engage in multidisciplinary discussions to determine the most appropriate treatment settings for patients.Guideline Implementation:Implement clinical guidelines and best practices.Prescribing and Medication Management:Prescribe medications beyond the usual psychiatric formulary and appropriately monitor medications in line with NICE guidelines.Service Values Promotion:Promote key service values including evidence-based treatment, collaborative teamwork, coordinated care, and efficient risk management.Clinical Performance Oversight:Collaborate with clinical and operational colleagues to oversee and improve the team's clinical performance.About usAbout the Company We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
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To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job responsibilitiesYou will feel valued as aPsychiatristwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
A salary of £120,000 - £130,000 per year depending on experience25 Days Annual Leave + Bank HolidaysCompany Policy Sick payEnhanced Maternity PackageLife AssuranceMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counsellingAccess to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning EnterpriseAn open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesYou will feel valued as aPsychiatristwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
A salary of £120,000 - £130,000 per year depending on experience25 Days Annual Leave + Bank HolidaysCompany Policy Sick payEnhanced Maternity PackageLife AssuranceMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counsellingAccess to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning EnterpriseAn open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each yearPersonal SpecificationRegistered professional with current registration (GMC)Specialist Registration in either General Adult or Forensic PsychiatryApproved under section 12 (2) of the MHS 1983Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency workingUp to date knowledge in the adult psychiatry and PDAwareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy, and legislation Person SpecificationGeneral RequirementsClick Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career siteClick Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career siteDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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