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Forensic Consultant Psychiatrist – Low Secure Inpatient Service, Abertillery, Wales
Welcome to an exciting opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading healthcare providers as a Forensic Consultant Psychiatrist in our exceptional low secure service for men. Your role will focus on delivering individualised, need-sensitive treatment while ensuring collaborative, multidisciplinary care.
About the Role
The organisation is seeking a dedicated Forensic Consultant Psychiatrist to contribute to a low secure mental health service for male patients. You’ll provide clinical leadership in line with NHS best practice, ensuring high-standard forensic mental health care within a structured and supportive environment.
You must hold a Full GMC Registration to apply.
Key Responsibilities
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Safeguarding Continuity of Care:
- Ensure comprehensive handover policies are followed, including out-of-hours transitions
- Coordinate effective shift and ward-based handovers with all team members
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Clinical Evaluation & Physical Health Protection:
- Conduct immediate mental state assessments of patients in accordance with hospital guidelines
- Facilitate full physical health screens upon admission, including comprehensive examination, ECG, and blood tests (some physical sampling carried out by phlebotomists on-site)
- Lead allocation and monitoring of direct physical health concerns that arise during admission
- Liaise with multidisciplinary team members to source third-party collateral history (e.g., family, social services, prior reports)
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- Admission, Treatment & Discharge Planning:
- Draft timely discharge letters, clinical records, and s62 forms for patient case completion
- Oversee mental health tribunal reports and prepare Hospital Managers’ hearing submissions under supervised guidance from Senior Therapeutic Consultants
Required & Preferred Qualifications & Experience
Non-Negotiable
- Valid Full GMC Registration as a Consultant Psychiatrist
Highly Recommended / Preferred
- Prior experience providing forensic psychiatry services with multidisciplinary involvement (e.g., psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers)
- Positive standing as a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- GMC accreditation in Forensic Psychiatry (full or provisional via RITA Accreditation)
- Conducted a recent clinical appraisal (RITA within the past 12 months)
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Benefits Package
Beyond an excellent career-appropriate salary, this permanent full-time role (day-based) offers:
✔ ** Competitive salary** reflective of experience and responsibilities ✔ Annual leave equivalent to full entitlement plus an extra paid birthday working day off ✔ On-site meal & snack provision, daytime staff parking ✔ Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including:
- One-to-one mental health support/therapy
- Access to group sessions and activities
- Flexible working considerations ✔ Personal & professional development support, including:
- Continuing professional development (CPD) funding
- Training opportunities for professional accreditation ✔ Company pension scheme with generous employer contributions ✔ Life Assurance policy approved by Trust upon completion of probation ✔ Enhanced maternity package
How to Apply
Reference: 5974 Contact details: Telephone: 638 or email your CV to [contact address removed]. Please reference Job Opportunity ID 5974 in your query.
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