Consultant in Learning Disability for Children and Young People

Job summary

This is a reconfigured community post as a 1.0 WTE Consultant in Learning Disability Psychiatry for Children and Young People (CYPLD). The post holder be wholly responsible for the community service in Coventry and Nuneaton and working alongside another consultant colleague who provides community CYP LD services for Rugby and South Warwickshire.

The post is based on a 10 PA job plan with a caseload of approximately 100 young people.

Main duties of the job

Doctors are expected to follow the professional rules and guidance as set out by the General Medical Council including Good Medical Practice and Maintaining High Professional Standards.

The post holder's main objective would be to provide medical input to the Coventry CYP LD team who provide assessment and treatment for children and young people of school age with moderate to severe learning disability. This will include completing assessments, providing consultation to other professionals, overseeing multidisciplinary treatment plans and appropriately prescribing medication if required.

In particular, they would be expected to assess complex cases such as:- where there is a significant risk of self-harm, harm to others or risk of neglect- where there is diagnostic uncertainty or complexity- where the interaction of potential illness and personality factors needs to be evaluated.

About us

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.

• 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 group

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.