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-MED6656034-A

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 date: 25/03/2025 23:59

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.

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

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.

• Fulfilling the Community Responsible Clinician responsibility for patients accepted into the service.
• 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.

Working for our organisation

Mersey 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 across our region.

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, 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 and achieve their goals.
• Delivery of offence specific therapeutic interventions.
• 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 Workers, Social Workers, and Psychologists.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration or eligibility to be included on the register and holding a current licence to practise at the time of Appointment.
• Section 12 approval.
• In possession of Approved Clinical Status.
• MRCPsych or equivalent.
• Relevant Higher Degree or other additional clinical qualifications.

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.
• Excellent communication skills.

Transport

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

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.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.