Consultant Psychiatrist

at  Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will provide clinical input to the in-reach teams at HMP Exeter.
The post includes an interesting and varied range of clinical responsibilities for prisoners with a wide range of clinical conditions, including acute and chronic mental illness, personality disorder and ADHD.
HMP Exeter is a category B men’s reception prison with a small resettlement function, holding approximately 300 prisoners. The post includes an interesting and varied range of clinical responsibilities for prisoners including severe and enduring mental illness, neurodiversity, personality disorders, learning disability and head injuries. The work entails close multidisciplinary working within the mental health team and alongside the substance misuse and primary care teams in the prison. You will liaise with prison staff and probation and provide input into MAPPA meetings and pre-release meetings with community and in patient teams and probation.
To support the recruitment campaign, there is potential to employ a suitable candidate to this post with full time hours. To be discussed following interview.
For queries relating to a relocation package, please email
oxl-tr.medicalrecruitment@nhs.net for support.
Workload at HMP Exeter
HMP Exeter receives approximately 190 receptions with 121 referrals to the mental health team per month. All referrals are triaged by the In-Reach Team. The in-reach teams hold a caseload and within this caseload, a number of patients would be subject to CPA management. New assessments requiring psychiatric input are slotted into the psychiatric clinic and then brought back to the team for discussion and planning their treatment and support. Whilst there is flexibility in allocation of individual responsibilities, the overarching model is one of integrated working across the mental health multidisciplinary teams.
There are no on-call commitments associated to this role.
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.
“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.”
Ify Okocha
Chief Executive
We have distinctive values at Oxleas - We’re Kind, We’re Fair, We Listen, We Care. Our values are very important to us. They help Oxleas to be a great place to work.
For queries relating to a relocation package, please email
oxl-tr.medicalrecruitment@nhs.net for support.

Clinical work – HMP Exeter

• Assessing and reviewing prisoners; and working in collaboration with MDT and pisoners to formulate management plans that is then incorporated into individualised care plans.
• Liaising with services outside the prison to arrange CPAs, aftercare plans or transfers to hospital.
• Providing expert advice and guidance for individuals with complex mental state and risk presentation.
• Actively involved or lead MDT meetings within the service.
• Any other care which could reasonably be expected of a consultant acting in an in-reach capacity in a prison
• Involved in quality improvement initiatives, to be agreed with multidisciplinary colleagues and the service managers.

The post holder will work closely with the Service Manager and consultant colleagues in the prisons, Associate Clinical Director and the Clinical Director for the Forensics and Prisons Directorate to develop a model for the use of medical resources that meets service needs appropriately and supports a job plan that is professionally balanced

Please refer the Job description for details