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Job overview

24 hrs per week / 6 sessions per week 

The post is as a Consultant Psychiatrist within the Forensic Assessment Consultation, Training and Treatment (FACTT) Service.  FACTT provides community forensic services for adults with Intellectual Disability and/or Autism to minimise offending and protect public safety, avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, and prison sentences and support safe and timely discharges.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the overall psychiatric care of the specialised community forensic patients. This will include those repatriated and out of natural clinical flow. Together with colleagues in the multidisciplinary team, you will offer medical leadership, assessment, and management both for patients and for the wider responsibilities of the forensic service locally. This will include direct clinical involvement with up to 15 autistic patients and support and consultation to the FACTT MDT for the learning disability patients. The consultant will not be responsible for undertaking all new referrals of autistic patients as this will be shared within the senior MDT team members. It is anticipated that there will be 1-2 new referrals to the team per month and a requirement for 4-5 follow ups per week.

To provide assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients with a range of psychiatric conditions who have, or are suspected of having, autism and advice for patients with a learning disability.

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.

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.