This post will provide you an opportunity to work with people with Intellectual disability with commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies as well as have good relationships with mental health services. To assist patients in accessing mainstream primary care and acute secondary care services.

The role of Specialist community health team for LD is to offer secondary care interventions to people with an Intellectual Disability who are experiencing or causing in others high levels of distress. Intellectual disabilities (ID) (or learning disabilities or neurodevelopmental disorders) includes the presence of: a significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information or to learn new skills (impaired intelligence) with a reduced ability to cope independently (impaired social functioning) which started before adulthood, with a lasting effect on development. This definition encompasses people with a broad range of disabilities. Others neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism or ADHD, neuropsychiatric disorders such as Epilepsy and Dementia have high rates of co-morbidity with intellectual disabilities.

We would love to hear from you if you have proven clinical skills, an enthusiasm for working with a complex patient group, and a willingness to work within a dynamic multidisciplinary Specialist community health team for Learning Disabilities.

Main duties of the job

ID touches on many areas of medicine and presents a multi-faceted complex discipline, encompassing everything from clinical genetics to provision of adequate social supports. A structured and holistic approach is essential because of the complexity of needs (multiple physical, psychiatric, occupational, social, environmental, communication, educational problems) and comorbidities in many people with ID.

The post holder will be expected to work at a Trust grade level to support people with Intellectual disability for reviewing their mental health needs, reviewing medication, part of MDT meetings and attending team meetings (referrals, huddles and business meetings). The post holder will be working with the wider MDT and will be supported by psychiatry team that include one Consultant Nurse AC who also works across community and the ASU inpatient service, one nurse prescriber who is also an advance nurse practitioner and works into the community team. In addition there is one specialty doctor (current vacancy) and one full time Consultant Psychiatrist attached to the post who will be the supervisor for this post holder.

Full job description is in the advert.

About us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile making time for people challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.

Person Specification

Team Working and Interpersonal Skills

Essential

• Willing to seek help from senior colleagues when appropriate.
• Good team worker.

Desirable

• Good oral and written presentation skills.
• Able to establish good working relationships with other members of a multidisciplinary team.
• Able to function successfully under stress.

Experience

Essential

• Completed pre-registration year (or equivalent outside the UK).
• Candidates who are interested in psychiatry to consider as a future training option or gaining experience in psychiatry as a doctor.

Desirable

• Worked in psychiatry.

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Competent in history taking and examination skills.

Desirable

• Accepts responsibility and able to take leadership for ward based emergencies.

Management Ability and Motivation

Essential

• Sets realistic goals and deadlines.
• Commitment to career progression.

Desirable

• Good organisational skills and time management.
• Contributes to departmental training sessions.
• Able to organise own learning.

Other

Essential

• Ability to be mobile across a geographical area.

Desirable

• Demonstrates willingness to become computer literate.

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent Registration with GMC.

Knowledge and Ability

Essential

• Experience of understanding and application of knowledge.
• Understands principles of medical audit.
• Ability to interview and assess patients and write clear and comprehensive notes.

Desirable

• Demonstration ability to work with persons with mental health problems.

Employer details

Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Taw View, Civic Centre

North Walk

Barnstaple

Devon

EX31 1EE

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C9369-24-0749