Specialty Doctor in Forensic Psychiatry

The postholder will be part of the forensic psychiatry staff. Forensic mental health services managed by CPFT are of two main forms: services in hospital and services in the community (there is also the OPD pathway based at HMP Whitemoor).

George Mackenzie House is the CPFT 20 bed low secure unit providing inpatient treatment for men and women. The non-secure ward, Mulberry Ward has three forensic beds acting as 'step down' beds for the low secure unit as well as forensic admission beds from the community.

The base clinical duties are at the George Mackenzie House, Low Secure Unit, Fulbourn Hospital.

Working with forensic consultants, the postholder will provide day to day treatment of patients detained at the secure unit.

The postholder will have a high presence on the ward, attend daily handover meetings and engage in ward rounds, care programme approach meetings, and unit governance meetings.

The postholder will be involved in conducting assessments of new referrals to the unit, giving evidence before tribunals and preparing reports.

The postholder will have clinical duties related to the three forensic beds on Mulberry 3 ward at Fulbourn Hospital.