Consultant Psychiatrist (Community Forensic Learning Disabilities)ConsultantMain 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-MED6656034
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: 18/12/2024 23:59
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Job overviewConsultant Psychiatrist with the Specialist Community Forensic Team:
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, equating to a case load of approximately 20 people.
Main duties of the jobFulfilling 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 behavioural disorders.Participate in regular MDT meetings, CPA reviews, MAPPA, safeguarding, risk reviews, and provide clinical leadership.Emergency home visits, liaising with forensic support services, attending professional meetings, and other clinical care activities.Working for our organisationMersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and are committed to delivering 'perfect care' – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient.
Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesThe 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, serving 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 to enable service users to fulfil their individual potential.Apply specialist forensic skills and knowledge to prevent admission and re-admission.Delivery of offence specific therapeutic interventions.Ensure robust multi-agency involvement to ensure public/community safety.It is anticipated that the team will support around 90 people who have a learning disability and/or autism who have offended or are at risk of offending.
Person specificationQualificationsFull GMC Registration or eligibility to be included on the register.Section 12 approval.In possession of Approved Clinical Status.MRCPsych or equivalent.Eligible for inclusion in Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT.ExperienceKnowledge and experience of assessing and treating individuals with learning disability and/or autism.Treating individuals with forensic needs.Personal SkillsPossess leadership skills and work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.Ability to manage own time, workload, and prioritise clinical work.Excellent communication skills to work with patients, carers, and staff.KnowledgeUnderstanding of management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision.TransportHolds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.Academic Skills and Lifelong LearningAbility to work constructively and lead a multidisciplinary team.Participated in continuous professional development.Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
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