Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disability

Consultant Psychiatrist (Learning Disability) Consultant

Main area: Psychiatry of Learning Disability
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 350-MED-E

Site: Byron Ward, Hollins Park Hospital
Town: Winwick
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum plus 10% R&R (non contractual) and 1% on-call
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/03/:59

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. We also welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.

Job overview

We are looking to appoint a Consultant in Learning Disability to a post comprising of a small community caseload and an inpatient unit. The post holder would be RC for Byron Ward inpatient unit, based at Hollins Park Hospital and also a small community caseload of 75-80 patients based out of Norris Green Hub in Liverpool. The post is supported by an MDT team and junior doctors.

We are looking for a committed doctor who is keen to work to develop services and improve patient care. We will be relocating to a new inpatient facility, and their leadership will be vital in the running of the new unit.

Main duties of the job

• Consultant psychiatrist will have responsibility for their caseload and inpatients.
• To supervise and support team members who carry out assessments of patients referred to the team. To carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide medical interventions for patients.
• Supporting staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
• To conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary reviews, birth planning meetings, CPA reviews, discharge planning meetings, and multi-professional meetings.
• To be the responsible clinician for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and carry out duties in accordance with the code of practice.
• To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust's risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management Meetings (H-RAMM) and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) Meetings if required.
• To provide medical leadership to the team.
• Maintain a high level of effective communication with other parts of the Mental health service across the Trust, across maternity services and primary care.
• Liaison with families / carers.
• Liaison with aspects of the Criminal Justice System regarding patients, where necessary.
• Liaising with other stakeholders and interested parties.

Please see job description for further details.

Person specification Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.

Transport

• Holds and will use a valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Excellent knowledge in specialty Learning Disability Psychiatry.
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit.
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
• Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.

Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.

The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.