Consultant Psychiatrist - Learning Disability

Oxleas Nhs Foundation Trust; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Consultant Psychiatrist for the Learning Disability pathway in Greenwich/Bexley/Bromley. The role involves clinical assessments of patients with mental health needs and learning disabilities, contributing to individual care plans, and working within the pathway management team to shape future services.

The successful candidate will join the Adult Learning Disability Directorate, with responsibilities across assessment, leadership, and collaborative

Qualifications

• GMC registration to practice in the UK.
• Eligibility for GMC Specialist Register (CCT/equiv/CESR).
• Experience in adult learning disability or psychiatry.

Responsibilities

• Undertake clinical assessments of patients with mental health and learning disabilities.
• Contribute to care planning and pathway development.
• Maintain professional registration and adhere to NHS policies.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Care planning

Caseload management

Education

GMC Registration

GMC Specialist Register eligibility

Job description

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust was formed in April 1995 and is a provider of Community and Hospital Mental Health and Learning Disability Services for Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley. It is a specialist provider of Forensic and Challenging Behaviour services for Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham, North Southwark, Bromley and Kent Prisons. Since 2010, Oxleas also provides a range of physical health services to adults and children in the community in the boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich. These range from health visitors and community midwives working with the very young, to district nurses and therapists meeting the physical health needs of older people.

Main duties of the job

Greenwich ALD - The post holder will be part of the Mental Health and Challenging Behaviour Team and will undertake clinical assessments of patients with mental health and contribute to care plans accordingly.

They will conduct a minimum of 4 Mental Health out-patient clinics per week. You will have a caseload of between 80 and 100 Mental Health (including Challenging Behaviour and Dementia). Diagnoses will include psychosis, anxiety, OCD, affective disorders, and dementia, autism, ADHD etc.

The ALD service - Provides specialist health care and services for people over the age of 18 with learning disabilities living in Greenwich, Bromley, and Bexley boroughs. The teams aim to provide high quality, evidence-based assessment, monitoring and intervention to support people with learning disabilities to become and stay well, independent and to live a meaningful life. Service users are empowered to be active participants in their own care and in service development.

About us

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience among similar trusts.

"We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives."

Ify Okocha

Chief Executive

Job responsibilities

For full job description and person specification please view the attachments. The job description will provide the post holder with the full tasks and responsibilities of the roles. The person specifications will provide the post holder with the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required for the roles.

The successful candidate will join the pathway management team and support in the design and development of the pathways future. Applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly will be welcomed.

There is the possibility of a wider / senior clinical leadership role within the Adult Learning Disability Directorate and the organisation for experienced candidates. Please call for further information.

Qualifications

• GMC Registration
• Inclusion or eligibility for inclusion on GMC's Specialist Register (CCT/equiv/CESR)

Experience

• Relevent Experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Consultant Psychiatrist - Learning Disability Sidcup, United Kingdom