Consultant in Psychiatry Learning Disabilities Specialist

1 week ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom South West London & St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Full time

This is an exciting opportunity to work with the newly developed Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (FIND) Community Team in South West London & St George's Mental Health Trust. The team provides community treatment and care coordination for adults with a diagnosis of a Learning Disability and/or Autism who also experience co-morbid mental illness alongside offending behaviours. The post-holder will provide medical leadership to the team and work in a multidisciplinary setting to deliver effective, efficient, and safe recovery-focused mental health care.

Main Duties of the Job
  • Provide medical leadership to the FIND Community Team.
  • Work in a multidisciplinary team to deliver community treatment and care coordination.
  • Carry overall responsibility for the day-to-day clinical care, risk assessment, risk management, medication management, and recovery-focused care delivered by the team.
Job Responsibilities
  • Medical leadership and working in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Overall responsibility for the day-to-day clinical care, risk assessment, risk management, medication management, and recovery-focused care.
  • Ensuring the delivery of effective, efficient, and safe recovery-focused mental health care.
Person Specification
  • Primary Medical degree.
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register for Forensic or Learning Disability Psychiatry or eligible for such inclusion on the Specialist Registrar within three months of completing their CCT.
  • Section approval of the Mental Health Act.
Knowledge and Experience
  • Completed minimum of three years full-time training in an approved higher psychiatric training scheme.
  • A detailed knowledge of main treatment approaches for intellectual disabilities and autism, risk assessment and risk management, interface with the Criminal Justice system, and forensic inpatient settings.
Audit and Management
  • Commitment to developing practice through clinical audit and/or research.
  • Commitment to working with allied agencies including carer's groups, and local charities.
Desirable
  • Experience of service planning and development.
  • Completion of a research project and evidence of its dissemination.
Teaching
  • Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry.
  • Willingness to supervise junior medical staff and staff from allied disciplines.
  • Evidence of helping others who have suffered physical, mental, or social misfortune.


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