Specialist Doctor – Learning Disability, Community Care

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS discount schemes

Wellbeing support

Staff networks

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Specialty Doctor to join the Coventry Community Learning Disability Team. The role includes a 7.5 PAs contribution to Direct Clinical Care and 2.5 PAs to Supporting Professional Activities, with flexible working options.

The post involves providing psychiatric assessment and management for people with learning disabilities, leading multidisciplinary reviews, and developing robust care pathways to avoid hospital admissions where

Responsibilities

• To provide assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients with a range of psychiatric conditions who have, or are suspected as having, a learning disability.
• To evaluate, manage and give advice on the interaction between psychiatric conditions and associated physical and psychological conditions.
• To take a lead role in multidisciplinary reviews for complex cases, particularly where aspects of the Mental Health Act and public safety need to be given consideration.
• To work with local services to develop robust care pathways, to allow transition into and out of services, in addition to movement between parts of the services, with an aim to avoid hospital admissions where it is safe and appropriate to so.
• Liaise with mental health professionals from the area the patient originates from as well as outside organisations such as the relevant Local Authority and independent sector provider organisations.
• Comply with any appropriate quality standards applicable to the service and would be expected to support any new standards as they arise.
• Provide cross-cover (emergency and prospective) for other speciality colleagues within the Specialty. Annual leave cover for this post will be drawn from team consultants.
• Take part in Mental Health Assessments. In order to fulfil this function it is expected that post holder will hold, or apply for, Section 12(2).

Skills

Learning disability care

Assessment & diagnosis

Mental health act knowledge

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Job description

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Specialty Doctor to join the Coventry Community Learning Disability Team. The role includes a 7.5 PAs contribution to Direct Clinical Care and 2.5 PAs to Supporting Professional Activities, with flexible working options.

The post involves providing psychiatric assessment and management for people with learning disabilities, leading multidisciplinary reviews, and developing robust care pathways to avoid hospital admissions where