Trust Locum Consultant Psychiatrist

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Main area Forensic Low Secure ward 2 women’s service Grade Locum Consultant Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Leave Cover up to 1 year) Hours Part time - 32 hours per week Job
-31826-MED-A

Site Newsam Centre Town Leeds Salary £120,249 - £150,569 Per Annum Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/08/2026 23:59

Leeds and York Forensic Services provide Low Secure Inpatient Services based at two sites within Leeds & Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Clifton House, York and Newsam Centre, Leeds). The Forensic Service provides a high quality assessment, treatment and recovery service for people who represent a risk to others due to their mental disorder and are in need of either inpatient management, or support from a specialized community team.

There are male acute and rehabilitation wards on each site and each site has a female ward. Each service focuses on patients who suffer with primary diagnosis of mental illness. Many have comorbid substance misuse and some may have comorbid personality disorder, autism spectrum disorder, or mild learning difficulties.

The postholder will provide medical RC responsibility for ward 2 which is an 11 bedded female ward. All patients are detained under the MHA. There is a community case load of about 15 female patients who are care coordinated by the forensic outreach team. Access assessments to the inpatient service and risk advice and management reports are conducted on behalf of the secure provider collaborative on an approximately 1-2 times per monthly basis.

Referrals are received from medium security, prisons and acute mental health services within the West Yorkshire Secure Provider Collaborative footprint. Therefore the post holder will be required to travel to other hospitals and prisons.

Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint an 8 PA Consultant Psychiatrist in the Leeds Low Secure Female Service based at the Newsam Centre.

Duties will be in line with those of an Approved / Responsible Clinician for low secure patients with complex needs. There will be a requirement for significant liaison with other services and agencies including MAPPA, police, courts, probation etc and support with advice and opinion to general adult colleagues who may seek consultation for patients presenting with particular risks in acute services.

The post holder, supported by the MDT, will provide:

• Regular routine clinical reviews
• Flexibility to accommodate urgent clinical reviews
• Clinical input within the CPA framework
• To hold Approved Clinician status as defined within the Mental Health Act (1983) and undertake the duties of Responsible Clinician for those subject to the MHA 1983 under their care
• Complex prescribing and review
• Effective liaison and collaboration with mental health providers within the trust and the West Yorkshire secure provider collaborative, and with statutory organisations in the effective delivery…