Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disability

Job overview

At CNTW we strive to provide the BEST CARE, delivered by the BEST PEOPLE, to achieve the BEST OUTCOME.

• A fantastic opportunity to work as a Consultant in Learning Disability Psychiatry in the beautiful county of Northumberland. The job includes community working within a great multidisciplinary team, and several enablers supporting people with learning disability. The role offers great development opportunities and being part of CNTW, offers plenty career, academic, educational and leadership opportunities.

Applicants should be on the Specialist Register or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT at the point of interview. Candidates should be suitably qualified, including eligibility for Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status.

As an added bonus, the Trust is located in the Northeast of England and Cumbria which is an area of outstanding natural beauty, containing national parks, ancient heritage sites and major cities supported by excellent national and international transport links. The area is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District National Park which is considered one of England’s finest areas of natural beauty.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Jeremy de Bono

Email:  [email protected]

Tel: 01670 502700

Main duties of the job

The postholder would offer medication reviews, support the multidisplinary team, direct care plans, and offer clinical leadership.

They will be supported by a specialty doctor as well as a nurse prescriber and nurse consultant.

Duties would include:

• Clinics at the base or in residential placements
• Leading on complex case discussions
• Regular Multidisciplinary Team Meetings
• Consideration of an educational role such as supervising prospective trainees

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is a community post working with an established learning disability team serving the Northumberland area. The population served is approximately 450,000.

The consultant in post will work with the Community Learning Disability Team, which incorporates Positive Behavioural Support and Psychology, and will be based in Ashmore House in Ashington, which is the primary base for the team. However, the team work closely with the wider community learning disability service which sits with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will provide senior clinical expertise in the assessment and treatment of people with a learning disability and mental health problems. There is a population of learning disability forensic patients living within the area for whom the post holder will have some responsibility.

In addition, the post holder will be expected to work closely with social workers, specialist nurses and the risk and independence team who are employed by Northumbria Health Care Trust and who hold Care Programme Approach responsibility for this group of patients.

The medical staff meetings are monthly forums to meet with colleagues, which the post holder would be encouraged to attend alongside the trust wide medical staff meetings that include consultant colleagues from all the other specialties within CNTW.  The post holder will also join the well-established peer group for community consultants in learning disability for the purposes of revalidation.