Clinical Director - Broadmoor High Secure Services CSU - Slough
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Director/Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist. This is a pivotal role and is a rare and exciting opportunity to provide the overall clinical leadership of Broadmoor Hospital.
In 2019, we moved into the redeveloped Broadmoor Hospital, which provides a modern, state-of-the-art, high secure facility for patients from across London and southern England that meets national and local policy requirements. The environment is safe and secure in relation to protection of the public, visitors, staff and patients.It is designed to maximise the delivery of modern clinical care.
We are looking for a versatile, enthusiastic and experienced Forensic Psychiatrist who has proven leadership and clinical skills, who is focussed on ensuring that patients within the hospital receive the highest standards of care and who will lead by example and be highly visible within the hospital.
You will set the clinical vision for the hospital. You will work closely with senior Trust colleagues and partners in Provider Collaborative/s and other High Secure Hospitals.
In recognition of the skills required, the post attracts a £21678 recruitment and retention payment and a £20,000 responsibility allowance.
Main duties of the job
The main clinical duties of the role include; being the Responsible Clinician for patients on one of assertive rehabilitation wards, providing clinical leadership to your multidisciplinary team/teams, being a clinical supervisor (training provided), participating in a non resident on call, carrying out assessments of patients referred to the service, liaising with internal and external stakeholders and engaging in quality improvement and audit projects.
Your main clinical director duties of the role include; providing overall clinical leadership to High Secure services, and help ensure the continuous improvement of the quality of care provided within the hospital, to work in partnership with the Senior Management Team [SMT] to provide strategic leadership to the services and develop a clinical vision and strategy that will be fit for purpose in line with the redevelopment proposals, to work in collaboration with other senior clinicians from all disciplines to ensure the development of coherent, standardised, clinically effective and patient focussed models of care, to lead clinical and research governance arrangements in the service, to support the Research & Development Department of the Trust.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham).We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential criteria- Completion of Higher Specialist Training in Psychiatry (or within six months at time of interview) or equivalent) .
- Level 3 Child Protection/Safeguarding & Adult Safeguarding Training
- Full GMC Registration and on the Specialist Register
- Awareness of cultural issues and their influence of psychiatric presentations
- Degree level or equivalent clinical qualification
- A minimum of three years’ experience in Secure Services, at a senior level, with a clinical caseload
- Experience of management in Secure Services including holding line management responsibility for colleagues of at least grade 8a or above status
- Experience in delivering major organisational and service change
- Experience of working successfully at a senior level in complex multi-disciplinary organisation, including contributing to both corporate and hospital goals.
- Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent
- Experience of working in a high secure setting
Teaching
Essential criteria- Medical students, psychiatric trainees, other NHS Staff and police personnel
- Ability to use a wide range of teaching techniques and audio-visual aids
- Presentation at conferences
Service Development
Essential criteria- Understanding of leadership
- Negotiation skills
- Experience in developing a service component
- Understanding of and experience in needs assessment
Personal Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to travel between sites
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and engage in multiagency work
- Willingness to comply with hospital security procedures and systems.
- Enthusiasm and commitment to the NHS but able to work constructively with other sectors.
- Capacity to respond positively to the constantly changing NHS environment
- A high level of ability to represent the hospital in external fora
- Experience of representing the hospital in external fora
Interpersonal/ Communication skills
Essential criteria- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent presentation style
- Effective interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with staff and managers at all levels within the organisation community organisations, service users and carers
- Ability to present complex information to a mixed audience
- Good sense of humour
- Good sense of humour
Resilience
Essential criteria- Maintains a high level of performance when faced with opposition or hostility from others, or when under conditions of stress
- Has confidence in own ability to deal with challenging circumstances
- Has the ability to handle failures constructively
- Able to take risks and quantify the effects of these risks
As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.
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