Consultant Psychiatrist within Intellectual Disabilities (9 PAs)

Consultant Psychiatrist within Intellectual Disabilities (9 PAs)

We areseeking to appoint a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to join the CommunityLearning Disabilities Team in Plymouth. This is a parttime post - 9 PAs,inclusive of on-call - that will work alongside the existing fulltimeConsultant. The post holder will be expected to participate in the consultanton-call rota, which is currently 1 in 14.

Main duties of the job

The Community Learning Disabilities Team is adynamic, enthusiastic team that is committed to improving the lives of peoplewith learning disabilities in Plymouth. The team is built on the vision toempower people with a learning disability to have a good quality of life andto value ourselves and the people we support.There is a single team for the city, delivering integrated health andsocial care, with a focus on evidence-based, high-quality care in the community.

Thepostholder will complement the established fulltime Consultant and form partof a well-developed and continually evolving Community Learning DisabilitiesTeam, supported by a full range of MDT professionals. The team regularly hostsboth core and higher psychiatry trainees.

Thesuccessful candidate will contribute to the senior leadership of the communityteam, including service development, quality improvement initiatives relevantto their clinical role, and teaching and training activities. There is also theopportunity to participate in research for those with an interest.

Based atWestbourne, Scott Business Park in Plymouth, the post holder will providespecialist psychiatric assessment, treatment, and ongoing care for adults witha learning disability living within the catchment area and eligible forcommunity services.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning socialenterprise delivering integrated health and social care services acrossPlymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts ofDevon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sportscentres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, andcollaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, whileempowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, inshaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the righttime and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people leadhealthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, trainingpathways, leadership programs, and funding for Study Leave.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from allsections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mentalhealth, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during theapplication process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Royal College of Psychiatrists endorsed Job Description for the post of Consultant Psychiatrist within Intellectual Disability Psychiatry.

Person Specification Research, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Management & Practical Requirements

• Ability to apply evidence-based approach to management of clinical problems.
• Ability to teach undergraduates and supervise resident doctors.
• Ability to community with patients and staff, both orally and in writing, to a high standard.
• Computer and IT skills.
• Reliability.
• Excellent team working skills.
• Caring attitude to patients and relatives.
• Advise on efficient running of the service.
• Experience in Audit.
• Sensitivity to the importance of considering a user's view in individual treatment plans and also service development.
• Ability to access transport to undertake duties as appropriate.
• Willingness to work expected hours on the job and on-call with reasonable adjustment to any disability.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations and emergency care.
• Completion of clinical research.
• Enthusiasm toward developing research in partnership with the University.
• Publications in peer reviewed journals.
• Experience in designing teaching curricula for undergraduates.
• Ability to provide educational supervision to ST4-6.
• Ability to maintain and build relationships across multiple physical and organisational boundaries.
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels.
• Ability to motivate a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
• Evidence of service improvement and design specific to community settings.
• Practical experience of NHS Clinical Systems, CPA and Patient Reported Outcome Measures.

Qualifications

• Eligibility for full registration with GMC with a licence to practice.
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register in LD Psychiatry at the time of taking up the post (Specialist Registrars applying in advance must be within six months of their CCT at the point of being interviewed).
• Eligibility for Section 12 and Approval Clinician Approval.
• Extensive experience in LD Psychiatry.
• Higher academic qualification (MSc, PhD or other relevant higher qualifications).
• Specialist areas, e.g. expertise in the assessment of Autism and/or ADHD.
• Qualification in teaching and learning.

Experience

• Knowledge of Mental Health legislation.
• Participation in Continual Professional Development.
• Ability to offer expert psychiatric opinion on a full range of emergency and routine clinical situations.
• Experience in community LD psychiatry.
• Advanced communication skills / experience of making Reasonable Adjustments.
• Strong track record of collaborative working (shared decision making; co-production; MDT working etc.)

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.