Specialty Doctor - Forensic Service (HMP Pentonville) | North London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,542 - £99,216 Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 January 2026 |
| Location: | London, N7 8TT |
| Company: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7650932/455-NLFT-0540 |
Summary
The post is based in His Majesty’s Prison Pentonville where the specialty doctor will join an established multidisciplinary team in providing psychiatric care to patients on ordinary location and in the prison healthcare wing. This post is especially desirable for those wishing to pursue a career in Forensic Psychiatry or General Psychiatry, including Addictions Psychiatry.
The successful candidate will be joining a Mental Health Team (MHT) in a Category B remand prison (with a prison population of around 1200) in North London. The MHT is multidisciplinary, consisting of 1 WTE consultant (2 half-time consultants), 1.6 WTE specialty doctors, CPNs/RMNs, social workers, occupational therapists, psychologists and speech and language therapists. The MHT works with other providers including primary care, Building Futures (addictions service), and prison staff.
The specialty doctor will have clinics, in which to assess and manage patients with mental illness, and will also have input into the patients on the Healthcare wing. They may also need to see prisoners on the wings. They will make referrals to hospital for those prisoners requiring transfer and liaise with other services including CMHTs, the courts and probation. The specialty doctor will share an office with the other psychiatrists and there is a team administrator to assist with some administrative tasks.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
For more details please see JD / Person Spec attached for the Specialty Doctor - Forensic Service (HMP Pentonville) role at Chase Farm Hospital
This advert closes on Wednesday 31 Dec 2025