Consultant Psychiatrist (Community Forensic Learning Disabilities)

Consultant Psychiatrist (Community Forensic Learning Disabilities) Consultant

Main area: Community Forensic Learning Disabilities

Grade: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 6 sessions per week (PAs- 6, SPA- 1.5, DCC- 4.5)

Job ref: 350-MED

Site: Hollins Park House, Hollins Park Hospital

Town: Warrington

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum, pro rata plus 10% R&R (non contractual)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 18/01/:59

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Job overview

As a Consultant Psychiatrist and Approved Clinician, you will be responsible for ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care by providing a comprehensive psychiatric service to people with a Learning Disability and Forensic needs in Cheshire and Merseyside.

The psychiatry role includes Approved Clinician provision where a person is subject to Conditional Discharge or a Community Treatment Order under the Mental Health Act or where there is an identified need. This is anticipated to equate to a case load of approximately 20 people.

Main duties of the job

• Fulfilling the Community Responsible Clinician responsibility for patients accepted into the service.
• Flexible job plan to provide outpatient or community clinics and home visits.
• Undertake statutory responsibilities under the MHA, MCA and DoLS and Consent to Treatment.
• Provide direct clinical work including assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders.
• Participate in regular MDT meetings, CPA reviews, MAPPA, safeguarding, risk reviews, and providing clinical leadership.
• Emergency home visits, liaising with forensic support services, attending professional meetings, and other activities involved in the delivery of clinical care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT) is a newly commissioned service based at Hollins Park House in Warrington. This service is for patients with a learning disability and or autism with a forensic need, and serves the community in Merseyside and Cheshire.

• Work collaboratively with in-patient services to reduce length of stay.
• Support step down and recovery in the community.
• Apply a proactive risk management approach.
• Apply specialist forensic skills to prevent admission and re-admission.
• Delivery of offence specific therapeutic interventions.
• Ensure robust multi-agency involvement to ensure public/community safety.

Person specification Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration or eligibility to be included on the register.
• Section 12 approval.
• In possession of Approved Clinical Status.
• MRCPsych or equivalent.
• Relevant Higher Degree or other additional clinical qualifications.
• CCT in Psychiatry.

Experience

• Knowledge and experience of assessing and treating individuals with learning disability and or autism.
• Treating individuals with forensic needs.

Personal Skills

• Possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Approachable and compassionate personality.

Knowledge

• Understanding of management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.
• Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision.
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective.

Transport

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

• Ability to work constructively and to lead a multidisciplinary team.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement.