Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist who wants to help shape mental health care for women across different levels of security? Join The Farndon Unit, a friendly, committed and long established Mental Health Service.
Our hospital rated good across all domains by the CQC, is a small friendly unit, that provides care for up to 46 women across 3 low secure wards (26 beds), one level 2 rehabilitation ward (12 beds) and our new psychiatric rehabilitation ward (8 beds) aimed at individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders and comorbid mental illness.
You will join 2 full time psychiatrists, an associate specialist and an established multidisciplinary team at the Farndon Unit and act as a Responsible Clinician for the 8 inpatients on the newly developed rehabilitation ward and up to 8 patients on our existing level 2 rehab service. You will have the support of an associate specialist working across both wards, a full multidisciplinary team, a personal assistant, a CPA Co-ordinator and a MHA Co-ordinator.
You will be part of an environment that specialises in providing trauma therapy and utilises positive behavioural support to empower and assist service users in their recovery and have access to a supportive peer group of like-minded professionals to engage and network with, excellent CPD prospects, as well as a range of benefits and career development opportunities.

• Working effectively with patients and colleagues to ensure the best care and treatment outcomes
• Driving multidisciplinary care and leading and managing the CPA and ICR process of reviews
• Contributing to service development and governance processes e.g. via quality improvement work
• Building positive relationships with external stakeholders such as ICBs
• Undertaking psychiatric assessments for women referred to the unit to determine if we can best meet their needs
• Providing oral and written evidence at First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers’ hearings
• Delivery of evidence-based treatment approaches in line with NICE guidance
• Medication management
• Co-production of therapeutic treatment plans with our service users
• Participation in our 1 in 8 on-call rota that covers 2 tiers of support to 8 units across the Midlands and Yorkshire regions The on-call is entirely remote and mostly involves telephone support and advice.