Consultant in Learning Disabilities for Ferndown and Purbeck

The Methodist Church in Britain; Ferndown; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Recruitment payment

Relocation package up to £10,000

Flexible working

Excellent NHS benefits

10 days study leave

Annual study budget £1,000

On-call supplement

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist (Learning Disability) to lead psychiatric care for adults in Purbeck and Ferndown. The role combines clinics and home visits within Community Learning Disability Teams and links to an Intensive Support Team.

Applicants should hold MRCPsych or equivalent, plus Section 12(2) and Approved Clinician eligibility or the ability to obtain it before starting. The position offers flexible working arrangements and NHS benefits.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent general medical qualification
• MRCPsych or recognised equivalent (e.g. membership of psychiatry college abroad)

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric leadership, assessment, diagnosis and treatment for adults with learning disabilities
• Provide psychiatric input to patients supported by the Intensive Support Team
• Deliver clinical work through clinics and home visits
• Provide medical cross-cover for Consultant colleagues during annual, study and emergency sick leave
• Participate in the county-wide senior on-call rota
• Contribute to weekly Intensive Support Team review meetings
• Contribute to the wider development of community-based learning disability services
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to deliver person-centred care

Skills

Leadership in MDT

Clinical governance

Assessment & diagnosis

Prescribing

Mental Health Act knowledge

Communication skills

Education

MBBS

MRCPsych or equivalent

Job description

This Consultant Psychiatrist post in Learning Disability Psychiatry sits within the Community Learning Disability Teams for Purbeck and Ferndown, as part of a wider service reconfiguration. The work centres on psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and treatment for adults with learning disabilities, delivered through clinics and home visits. It is a part-time role working alongside the Intensive Support Team, with a county-wide senior on-call rota; epilepsy management sits elsewhere. Applicants need MRCPsych or equivalent, plus Section 12(2) and Approved Clinician approval or the ability to obtain it before starting.

What the job involves

• Provide psychiatric leadership, assessment, diagnosis and treatment for adults with learning disabilities
• Provide psychiatric input to patients supported by the Intensive Support Team
• Deliver clinical work through a combination of clinics and home visits
• Provide medical cross-cover for Consultant colleagues during annual, study and emergency sick leave
• Participate in the county-wide senior on-call rota
• Contribute to weekly Intensive Support Team review meetings
• Contribute to the wider development of community-based learning disability services
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver person-centred care

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent general medical qualification
• MRCPsych or recognised equivalent, such as membership of a psychiatry college abroad

Registration & licences

• Licence to practise
• CCT in Psychiatry or on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of obtaining it

Experience

• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement
• Experience of carrying out an audit project
• Experience or involvement in a research project with publication
• Examples of leadership in own practice, valuing the skills of allied professions

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent specialty knowledge with a bio-psycho-social clinical approach
• Competence in prescribing and deprescribing short and long-term psychiatric medication
• Ability to assess mixed or unclear presentations where psychiatric and non-psychiatric issues show as behaviour change
• Ability to meet duties under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Understanding of clinical governance and current mental health policy and legislation

Checks & eligibility

• Section 12(2) and Approved Clinician approval, or ability to obtain before starting

Other

• Ability to manage priorities and work with managers in the interests of patient care

Nice to have

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Additional clinical qualification
• Experience of medicine outside psychiatry, such as general practice
• CCT in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability
• Teaching experience
• Approved educational supervisor training
• Published audit project
• Previous management experience, including of junior medical staff

What’s offered

• £10,000 recruitment and retention payment, paid monthly during the first year
• Relocation package of up to £10,000 if relocating to Dorset
• Flexible working
• Excellent NHS benefits
• 10 days' study leave
• Annual study budget of up to £1,000
• 3% on-call availability supplement plus 0.75 APA per week