Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist - Medium Secure Services

The Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist to join the Medium Secure Inpatient Services. This is a newly created post, arising from the continued expansion of the Trust's Medium Secure Services. The post comprises 7.5 Direct Clinical Care (DCC) sessions and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) sessions.

The service delivers specialist medium secure inpatient care for the Merseyside and Cheshire regions. Rowan View, which opened in 2020, provides 95 inpatient beds (85 male and 10 female) for individuals with a primary diagnosis of mental illness. In addition, Rowan View delivers medium secure care for men with a primary diagnosis of Learning Disability.

Higher trainees lead on admission assessments under Consultant supervision, and each Consultant is supported by resident doctors. This post has a Core Psychiatry Trainee (CT2 or CT3) allocated.

The role requir...