Consultant in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disabilities

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading mental health trust as a Consultant Psychiatrist specializing in learning disabilities. This role offers the chance to provide clinical care in a dynamic environment, working closely with a dedicated team to improve the lives of individuals with complex needs. You'll be instrumental in driving best practices in mental health care across Croydon, contributing to a service rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• GMC registered psychiatrist.
• Experience in managing patients with Intellectual Disabilities.
• Ability to provide teaching and training.

Responsibilities

• Conduct outpatient clinics and home visits.
• Provide clinical care for patients as the Responsible Clinician.
• Lead multi-disciplinary team assessments.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Clinical leadership

Team collaboration

Education

GMC registration/revalidation and license to practice

CCT/ CESR in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disabilities

Master's degree, MD or PhD (desirable)

Job description

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

Pending College Approval

We are seeking to appoint a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist within the Croydon Mental Health Learning Disabilities Team for 6 PAs per week. The is a new post; created to meet local service needs. This is one of two consultant posts in the team.

Croydon MHLD is a specialist community mental health team for adults with a confirmed diagnosis of learning disability. It has a total caseload ranging between 115 and 125 patients. The service delivers patient contact in multiple modalities, including outpatient clinics, remote virtual consultations as well as community and home visits. The team has strong links with local children and adult mental health services as well as Croydon University Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The primary duties of this 8 PA consultant psychiatrist post is to provide clinical care for the patient on the caseload as the Responsible Clinician. The post holder will conduct outpatient clinics and home visits, attend CPA reviews, and carry out liaison work with GPs, multi-disciplinary colleagues from the Croydon Community Learning Disability Team and other mental health services. The post holder will provide clinical cross cover for the other Trust MHLD consultants and vice versa. The post holder will be employed by the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.

Working for our organisation

The Trust delivers Mental Health in Learning Disabilities (MHLD) services across the boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark and Croydon. These underwent revision and modernisation to ensure a flexible local service response and to make best use of expertise across boroughs. The Trust's MHLD services are linked with the Estia Centre, which is a training, learning and development hub for staff as well as a resource for adults with learning disabilities and additional mental health needs.

Our MHLD and wider neurodevelopmental services, were rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide expert assessment of mental health in people with learning disabilities.

2) To provide patients, referrers and carers with diagnostic and management advice;

3) To promote and develop best practice in the management of adults with learning disabilities and mental health problems, locally, regionally and nationally;

4) To make contemporaneous clinical notes on the electronic patient record system employed by the Trust and adhere to Trust/service requirements for electronic record keeping, including prompt verbal and written clinical and medico-legal communications;

5) To lead the MDT in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment options, including liaison with the patient, carers and the wider multi-disciplinary team;

6) To appropriately escalate patients 'at risk' to the Dynamic Support Register, which is led by the local Integrated Care Board.

7) To facilitate admission and discharge pathways of patients with learning disabilities who require mental health admission, either into adult mental health wards or into specialist inpatient services, working with the MDT, patients, carers, referrers and commissioners to ensure effective processes and good communication;

8) To act as a resource within the service and directorate, offering advice and support to colleagues to ensure safe and evidence-based practice

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• GMC registration/revalidation and license to practice
• GMC registration/revalidation and license to practice (E) Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 3 months of gaining CCT
• CCT/ CESR in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disabilities

Desirable criteria

• Higher degree such as master's degree, MD or PhD

Experience

Essential criteria

• Section 12 (2) approved
• Eligible to take up / existing Approved Clinician status
• Experience in diagnosing and managing people with Intellectual Disabilities with / without neurodevelopmental disorders / impairment of behaviours and coexisting mental health problems
• Commitment to the development of excellence in services for people with Intellectual Disabilities and coexisting mental health problems

Desirable criteria

• Experience in leading the development of services for people with Intellectual Disabilities and coexisting mental health problems
• Previous experience at Consultant level of working in specialist mental health and / or integrated services for adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Management/Audit/ Quality Improvement

Essential criteria

• Experience in organisation and delivery of services for people with Intellectual Disabilities with / without coexisting mental health problems, with / without impairment of behaviour
• Ability to plan and supervise clinical and quality improvement projects and to translate findings into practice to improve quality
• Skills in negotiating with senior staff and other professional groups
• Skills in chairing and / or contributing to multiagency clinical meetings

Desirable criteria

• Skills in proposing and implementing service development /transformation / improvement projects

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Skills in providing teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level to medical staff and other professional groups
• Skills in providing clinical supervision to medical and non-medical staff

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of 'training the trainer' or equivalent for provision of educational supervision to psychiatric trainees

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 304.6KB)
• SLaM Staff Benefits (PDF, 1.1MB)