NHS

Psychiatrist - HMP Chelmsford


Pay120k - 130k / year
LocationChelmsford/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: E0279-25-0696?language=en&page=330&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      HMP Chelmsford are 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 job

      • Medical 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.

      Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities

      About us

      About 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.

      While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

      To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

      Date posted

      16 April 2025

      Pay scheme

      Other

      Salary

      £120,000 to £130,000 a year

      Contract

      Permanent

      Working pattern

      Full-time

      Reference number

      HCRGCG/TP/13082/15046

      Job locations

      HCRG Care Group

      Chelmsford

      Essex

      CM2 6LQ


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      You will feel valued as a Psychiatrist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

      • A salary of £120,000 - £130,000 per year depending on experience
      • 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
      • Company Policy Sick pay
      • Enhanced Maternity Package
      • Life Assurance
      • Membership 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 you
      • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
      • Online 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 counselling
      • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
      • An 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

      Personal Specification

      • Registered professional with current registration (GMC)
      • Specialist Registration in either General Adult or Forensic Psychiatry
      • Approved under section 12 (2) of the MHS 1983
      • Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
      • Up to date knowledge in the adult psychiatry and PD
      • Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy, and legislation
      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      You will feel valued as a Psychiatrist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

      • A salary of £120,000 - £130,000 per year depending on experience
      • 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
      • Company Policy Sick pay
      • Enhanced Maternity Package
      • Life Assurance
      • Membership 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 you
      • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
      • Online 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 counselling
      • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
      • An 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

      Personal Specification

      • Registered professional with current registration (GMC)
      • Specialist Registration in either General Adult or Forensic Psychiatry
      • Approved under section 12 (2) of the MHS 1983
      • Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
      • Up to date knowledge in the adult psychiatry and PD
      • Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy, and legislation

      Person Specification

      General Requirements

      Essential

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      Desirable

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      Person Specification

      General Requirements

      Essential

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      Desirable

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      Disclosure and Barring Service Check

      This 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.

      Employer details

      Employer name

      HCRG Care Group

      Address

      HCRG Care Group

      Chelmsford

      Essex

      CM2 6LQ


      Employer's website

      https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      HCRG Care Group

      Address

      HCRG Care Group

      Chelmsford

      Essex

      CM2 6LQ


      Employer's website

      https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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