Consultant Psychiatry - Forensic | Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

The North London Forensic Service have an exciting position available for an enthusiastic and motivated consultant forensic psychiatrist to join the existing substantive consultant forensic psychiatrist on Blue Nile House within the low secure in-patient pathway.

The successful applicant will join a team the wider group of consultant forensic psychiatrists within the North London Forensic Service, a large and successful forensic psychiatric service in north London with its secure care services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. Blue Nile House is a 16-bedded low secure forensic rehabilitation unit for male service users. Blue Nile House promotes positive recovery, the management of risk and risk reduction, and a proactive drive toward more independent living to increase independence.

The successful applicant will have responsibility for providing consultant leadership to this well organised team in the delivery of high-quality patient care to service users.The post holder will find themselves well supported, with opportunities for ongoing professional development and collaborative working within the North London Forensic Service, The North London Forensic Collaborative, and The North London Mental Health Partnership. Please see job description for more details.

Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEHMHT) provides mental health services to a population of just over one million people in the boroughs of Enfield, Haringey and Barnet. It also caters for a wider population in surrounding areas with specialist mental health services. In addition, a full range of child and adult community health services are provided in Enfield, covering a population of 330000. Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust are now working together as the North London Mental Health Partnership.