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Forensic Consultant Psychiatrist

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Are you an experienced psychiatrist ready to lead forensic mental health services? If so join Aberbeeg Hospital as a Forensic Consultant Psychiatrist to provide strategic leadership, expert clinical oversight and recovery-focused care for people within the criminal justice system. Acting as Responsible Clinician under the Mental Health Act, you will ensure the highest standards of psychiatric care across medium and low secure services.

Job Responsibility:

  • Provide strategic leadership, expert clinical oversight and recovery-focused care for people within the criminal justice system
  • Act as Responsible Clinician under the Mental Health Act
  • Lead the clinical management of a defined caseload, overseeing psychiatric assessments, formulations, and treatment planning
  • Provide specialist advice to courts, probation, prison services and MAPPA
  • Prepare reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals, hospital managers’ hearings, and the Ministry of Justice
  • Work closely with multidisciplinary teams
  • Ensure coordinated care and effective implementation of the Care Programme Approach
  • Play a key role in service development, shaping strategy, and contributing to pathway reconfiguration
  • Participate in clinical governance, audits, and risk management processes
  • Support quality improvement and compliance with CQC/HIW standards
  • Teaching and supervision of trainee psychiatrists and junior medical staff
  • Lead research and quality-improvement projects
  • Have a role within senior management within the respective hospital of clinical work
  • Manage and performance manage doctors as necessary
  • Have responsibility for safe and adequate medical cover
  • Facilitate and support the Clinical Quality Assurance programme
  • Take a lead role in developing Clinical Governance
  • Ensure high quality, appropriate information and paperwork is received by stakeholders
  • Ensure professional policy and practice and their application is of a good standard across the service
  • Ensure professional compliance with the relevant professional bodies
  • Participate in channels of communication throughout the hospital
  • Participate in continued professional development
  • Provide clinical assistance and support to the development of strategies for clinical audit or Quality Improvement and medical education
  • Promoting awareness and understanding of quality improvement
  • Ensure positive relationships are maintained with all our stakeholders
  • Ensure the hospitals and medical team are represented at local, national and Elysium healthcare Professional Development forums
  • Ensure adequate and safe delivery of medical input across site

Requirements:

  • MBChB/MBBS (or equivalent)
  • Full GMC registration
  • CCT or CESR in Psychiatry
  • MRCPsych
  • Approved Clinician (s.12 MHA)
  • Higher research degree (MD/PhD) or MSc
  • ≥5 years’ postgraduate psychiatric experience, including ≥2 years in forensic settings
  • Prior Responsible Clinician role
  • experience in secure inpatient and community forensic services
  • Strong risk assessment, formulation and management skills
  • knowledge of MHA/MCA
  • report-writing for tribunals and courts
  • Interest in Clinical Neuropsychiatry with clinical and academic experience
  • Proven ability to lead MDTs
  • service planning
  • participation in audit and governance processes
  • Prior management role at consultant level in a forensic service
  • Experience teaching trainees and healthcare professionals
  • involvement in audit and QI projects
  • Peer-reviewed publications
  • experience securing research funding
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills
  • commitment to equality, diversity & inclusion
  • resilience and adaptability
What we offer:
  • £5000 car allowance
  • 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off
  • A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
  • Career development and training
  • Voluntary benefits
  • Medical indemnity cover
  • Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate
  • Wellbeing support and activities
  • Access to Blue Light Card
  • Life Assurance
  • Stream – instant access to earned wages
  • 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion
  • Enhanced Maternity Package
  • Free Meals and onsite parking

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 15, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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