Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic or LD PsychiatryTees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust This is a replacement post which has become vacant as the previous Consultant Psychiatrist has retired.
Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below.
The Forensic Outreach Liaison Service (FOLS) is a tertiary service that offers specialist advice, assessment, support and intervention to people with a learning disability and/or autism diagnosis, who pose a risk of serious harm to others.
The team provides responsive consultation and liaison to other mental health and learning disability teams in the assessment and management of high-risk individuals who have offended or are at risk of doing so.
The team is available across North Yorkshire and York.
The team facilitates a safe transition from secure inpatient areas with a gradual transfer to secondary services where there is an identified health need or discharge from service.
This will involve a period of follow-up, which can include care coordination or co-working with secondary community teams (including mental health services) relating to the management of risk.
This is an 8PA post based in the community.
Main duties of the job NY FOLS provides a seven-day service, 9am to 5pm.
The team consists of: Team Lead, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, 4 Community Nurses, 4 Community Support Workers, Psychologist, and a 0.6 WTE Speech and Language Therapist.
The postholder will be a Consultant Psychiatrist who specializes in Forensic Learning Disability and autism, providing specialist assessments, interventions, and support for comorbid presentations, responsibility for the clinical supervision of conditionally discharged patients, and acts as Responsible Clinician for patients discharged on Supervised Community Treatment or Guardianship.
About us We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire, and York and Selby.
We provide a range of inpatient and community services to 2m people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton, and Richmondshire.
Job responsibilities Please see the attached job description for further information on this post.
Please note that this job description has not yet been approved by The Royal College and therefore is subject to change.
Person SpecificationClinical Knowledge & Skills Excellent knowledge in specialty Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge Excellent oral and written communication skills in English Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service Qualifications MB BS or equivalent medical qualification Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment Included on the GMC Specialist Register for Old Age Psychiatry OR included 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 Experience Describe your clinical experience relevant to this job role Any other experience that may be applicable Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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