Specialty Doctor in Forensic Psychiatry

Are you a Specialist Doctor in Psychiatry seeking an opportunity within Forensic Psychiatry at the Marlborough House Medium Secure Unit?

Located within the grounds of Milton Keynes General Hospital, the service currently has:

• One intensively nursed ward (Watling Ward) for men with 20 beds
• One rehabilitation-oriented unit (Chaffron Ward) with 8 beds

As a Specialty Doctor, in conjunction with a Core Trainee and Foundation Year 2 doctor, you will provide input into both wards, supervised by a consultant forensic psychiatrist.

Additional Information:

• Free parking is available on site, along with a staff restaurant.
• The Thames Valley Forensic Mental Health Service (TVFMHS) provides treatment in a range of inpatient settings across the region, including Oxford, Aylesbury, and Milton Keynes. Supervision is also provided for patients discharged from inpatient environments.
• The service inputs into local prisons and provides services for the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway in the community.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust plays a lead role across the whole South-Central Region for forensic mental health services, as part of the developing New Care Model.

As a full-time Specialty Doctor, you will care for patients detained under the Mental Health Act in a Medium Secure Unit in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. You will ensure that patients’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care and a person-centred approach.

You will work with multi-disciplinary teams at Marlborough House, primarily for patients from Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes, but also from other areas if required, including Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, and Dorset.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health, and social care for people of all ages across:

• Oxfordshire
• Buckinghamshire
• Swindon
• Wiltshire
• Bath and North East Somerset

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and people’s homes, aiming to deliver care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team.”

Our values are: “Caring, safe, and excellent.”

At Oxford Health, we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing, including:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave per annum pro-rata on appointment
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants, and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
• Close relationship with Oxford University Psychiatric Department
• Flexible working arrangements supported where appropriate

Research & Audit
It is expected that the post holder will contribute to service-related audit projects with the support of their consultant, multi-disciplinary team, and Trust audit department.

The TVFMHS is committed to working increasingly closely with Oxford University to develop academic forensic mental health. There is an opportunity for collaboration on research projects with the forensic psychiatry department at the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital site in Oxford, led by Professor Seena Fazel.

On-Call Responsibilities
There are no on-call responsibilities with this post.

Job Planning
The doctor will participate in annual job planning with the Forensic Associate Medical Director. A job plan review will involve bilateral consultation and negotiation in the event of any change to job content or workload. Annual appraisal will be completed under the Trust appraisal process, ensuring fitness for revalidation.

The exact nature of the timetable will be agreed with the successful applicant by the Forensic Associate Medical Director. The split of direct clinical care to supporting professional activities will be 8.5 to 1.5 on a pro-rata basis, including special interest clinical activities, CPD, peer group, teaching/training/supervision, governance and audit, service development/management/business planning, research, and academia. The Trust has recently established a dedicated training program to facilitate CESR accreditation, which substantive SAS doctors may apply for.