Consultant Psychiatrist HMP Channings wood and Exeter | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Denbury, TQ12 6DW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	12 Nov 2026
Closing date:	12 Dec 2026

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Summary

This is a new 6 PA post created in response to clinical demand and service mobilisation.

This post-holder will have his or her base at HMP Channings Wood and HMP ExeterfortheallocatedPAs,wherethementalhealthservicecomprisesfullmultidisciplinary teams, including mental health practitioners, Learning disability nurses, an ADHD nurse, Cognitive Change nurse, Speech and Language Therapist, and a psychology team, supported by administration and a service manager.

Thepostincludesaninterestingandvariedrangeofclinicalresponsibilitiesforprisonerswith a wide range of clinical conditions, including acute and chronic mental illness, personality disorder, brain injury, dementia andneurodiversity.

The post holder will be supported by the South West Prisons Consultant team and the Associate Clinical Director for South West Prisons, who will also act as Line Manager.

ThepostholderwillbeeligibleforinclusionintheSpecialistRegisterinForensicPsychiatryor General AdultPsychiatry.

TheprimarydutiesofthepostholderwillincludeconsultantleadershipfortheMentalHealth In-reach Team at the prisons.

In terms of breakdown of the post:

2 PA’s will be at HMP Exeter

2 PA’s will be at HMP Channings Wood

The post holder will have 2 SPA allocated in their job plan for undertaking activities that support the professional role such as teaching, training, clinical management, clinical governance, service development and other relevant activities.

· Provision of comprehensive psychiatric care through evaluation, diagnosis and use of appropriate treatmentplans/strategies

· To ensure treatment of patients in accordance with acceptable and established standards,protocolsandguidelines(includingNICE,RoyalCollegeofPsychiatristsandthe General MedicalCouncil

· Ensuring the involvement of families and carers, wherever possible, with the patients’ consent in treatment planning andcare.

· Providing psychiatric leadership to the multi-disciplinary teams. This includes taking a lead in clinical governance in both teams and contributing to directorate wide issues especially those related to bothteams.

· To liaise with other agencies as may be appropriate, especially with regardtocontinuity of patient care

· AvailabilitytoactasSection12(2)approveddoctorforthepurposeofMentalHealthAct Assessments ifindicated.

· Identifying and advocating for needed resources including staff asnecessary

· Taking part in administrative/management duties within the teams, directorateandthe Trust as awhole

· Participating in clinical governance, clinical audit, various medical advisory committees and other committees as may benecessary

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people livinginSouth-EastLondonandtopeopleinprisonacrossEngland.Ourwidearrayofservices 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 makingOxleasagreatplacetowork-it’sabigpriorityinourstrategy.Comeandjoinus-it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and whereyoucan really help to improve people’slives.”

Ify Okocha

Chief Executive

Workload at HMP Exeter & HMP Channings wood

The in-reach team holds a caseload and within this caseload, a number of patients would be subject to CPA management. All referrals are triaged by the In-Reach Team and then discussed in MDT. At HMP Exeter there are approximately 50 patients held on caseload at any one point in time with 1-2 hospital transfers under the Mental Health Act per month. At HMP Channings Wood we have approximately 27 on mental health caseload and 7-10 hospital transfers per year. This is likely to increase with the planned expansion of prison numbers by 450. Whilst there is flexibility in allocation of individual responsibilities, the overarching model is one of integrated working across the mental health multidisciplinary teams and alongside primary care teams, prison colleagues and probation. There is also important liaison with community mental health teams and in patient services and working closely with MAPPA agencies.

This advert closes on Monday 30 Nov 2026

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