Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist – F.I.N.D.: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

Consultant Psychiatrist 6PAs (including 1PA for LD)

Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (FIND)

We are seeking to appoint a substantive Consultant within our Forensics team. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join the newly developed Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (F.I.N.D.) Community Team in South West London & St George’s Mental Health Trust.

The Forensic Service sits within the Specialist Service Line of the Trust and is a provider within the South London Mental Health and Community Partnership (SLP) Forensic Provider Collaborative (PC).

The SLP Forensic PC’s overarching goals centre on bringing care closer to home, improving patient pathways and outcomes by delivering excellent care in better environments. The SLP has a track record of delivering highly effective, clinically informed service developments across the Pathways within the Forensic PC. The post holder will be joining a skilled, motivated and innovative multidisciplinary team committed to continual learning and development and will be offered excellent CPD opportunities.

This is a less than full time role comprising 5 Programmed Activities for the F.I.N.D. role. In addition, 1PA will be offered for Adult Autism Intensive Support Team (AAIST).

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide medical leadership to the Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (FIND) Community Team in South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. The FIND Community Team works with adults with a diagnosis of a Learning Disability and/or Autism who also experience co-morbid mental illness alongside offending behaviours which have brought them into contact with Forensic services.

The development of the FIND Community Team is part of a series of initiatives for this patient cohort, namely the opening of Oak Low Secure Unit on the Springfield site which facilitates the repatriation of out of area patients to South London and the development of the LDA community step down service with Local Authority and ICB partners to allow the development of a pathway into the community for these patients with the provision of supported housing with wrap around clinical support.

The FIND Team will provide community treatment and care coordination, including social and clinical supervision of restricted cases in the community (under Section 42 of the Mental Health Act 1983) and the Consultant will carry overall responsibility for the day-to-day clinical care, risk assessment, risk management, treatment and rehabilitation focused care delivered by the Team in the community.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS:

Essential

• Primary Medical degree.
• Full GMC registration.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register for Forensic or Learning Disability Psychiatry or eligible for such inclusion on the Specialist Registrar within three months of completing their CCT.
• Section 12 (2) approval of the Mental Health Act
• Approved Clinician status as well as S12 approval.

Desirable

• Qualifications in change management and service development skills

KNOWLEDGE: & EXPERIENCE:

Essential

• Completed minimum of three years full time training in approved higher psychiatric training scheme.
• A detailed knowledge of main treatment approaches for intellectual disabilities and autism, risk assessment and risk management, interface with the Criminal Justice system and forensic inpatient settings.

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of the ICETR process. Experience of teaching medical and non-medical staff, including those who may not have a formal qualification

AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT

Essential

• Commitment to developing practice through clinical audit and/or research
• Commitment to working with allied agencies including carer’s groups, and local charities.

Desirable

• Experience of service planning and development
• Experience of working with third sector partners

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:

Essential

• Evidence of participation in research, and outcomes of studies

Desirable

• Higher degree in research
• Completion of a research project and evidence of it’s dissemination
• Publication in a peer reviewed journal

TEACHING

Essential

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry

Desirable

• Teaching Qualification
• Evidence of feedback good from students

Closing Date: 11 October 2026