Consultant 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. This is anticipated to equate to a case load of approximately 20 people. The Approved Clinician will be required to have prescriber function as well for the team besides offering specialist assessment (including risk assessments) and management of patients on their caseload.
Working both autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will carry out Consultant Psychiatrist and Approved Clinician duties.
Fulfilling the Community Responsible Clinician responsibility for patients accepted into the service will be a major component of this post.
The post holder will have a flexible job plan to provide outpatient or community clinics and home visits. There are no inpatient duties associated with the post.
The Consultant will undertake statutory responsibilities under the MHA, MCA and DoLS and Consent to Treatment.
The Consultant will provide direct clinical work including assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders. They will participate in regular MDT meetings, CPA reviews, MAPPA, safeguarding, risk reviews and providing clinical leadership and Responsible Clinician role.
The role will include outpatient or community clinics, emergency home visits, liaising with forensic support services, attending professional meetings and any other activities involved in delivery of clinical care to the forensic learning disability and or autistic spectrum disorder patients.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Work collaboratively with in-patient services to reduce length of stay.
2. Support step down and recovery in the community.
3. Apply a proactive risk management approach to enable service users to fulfil their individual potential and achieve their goals.
4. Apply specialist forensic skills and knowledge to prevent admission and re-admission, including the role of Clinical Supervisor when supporting people who are Conditionally Discharged.
5. Delivery of offence specific therapeutic interventions.
6. Ensure robust multi-agency involvement to ensure public/community safety.
The SCFT offers a full MDT component including highly skilled specialist nurses, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Support Worker, Social Work and Psychologists. This role will be supported by a designated medical secretary. There are no junior doctors attached to the team and therefore this is the single medical role for the service.
This post will require close working with Cheshire and Merseyside Learning Disability services and Mersey Care Forensic LD services.
This role is for 6 sessions per week.
The candidate will be expected to hold a full GMC registration. MRCPsych qualification is desirable. Candidates who are included in the Specialist Register through Article 14 would be welcome to apply. Trainees in Learning Disability or Forensic Psychiatry who are eligible to commence work as a Consultant Psychiatrist would also be welcome.
The applicant must be approved under Section 12(2) of The Mental Health Act 1983 and must have Approved Clinician status.
The post holder will have flexibility of starting in gradually increasing number of activities which can be discussed with the Clinical Director for LD&A Services.
This is a part-time post with Total PAs: 6 [SPA: 1.5 + DCC: 4.5]
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