Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disabilities-Forensic & Autism

Job summary

This is a new combined post as aConsultant Psychiatrist within the Forensic Assessment Consultation, Training and Treatment (FACTT) Service and Onyx ward, a newly commissioned 7-bed low secure autism inpatient ward. 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 part of the multi-disciplinary team of staff working within the FACTT Service. The Trust is keen to continue to develop community forensic services, with the aim of avoiding hospital admissions, where possible and safe to do so.

Part of the role will also involve cover of Onyx Ward a purpose built 7 bedded low secure ward for autistic adults.

The post-holder is expected to take part in a shared out-of-hours rota, which includes Brooklands Hospital.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we provide all-age mental health services for a population of around one million in Coventry and Warwickshire. We also provide learning disability and autism, and community paediatric services.

CWPT is a teaching Trust and has been involved in the development of Warwick University Medical School since it began. We provide placements for medical students, and medics from CWPT contribute to the academic programme.

We are proud of our involvement in postgraduate medical education. We have trainees on rotation at all levels, including speciality trainees from the West Midlands School of Psychiatry, trainees from the West Midlands GP training scheme and Foundation trainees.

We are forward-thinking and always seeking to improve, with a Quality Improvement approach to service development.

There are lots of benefits to joining CWPT. Here is a just a snapshot:

• NHS pension scheme
• Salary sacrifice scheme with discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme, and savings on home and electronics
• Access to a lease car and vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Coaching and mentoring, shadowing, and reciprocal mentoring
• Excellent wellbeing support, including in-house counselling service, wellbeing guides, and 24-hour confidential helpline
• Staff networks and support groups
• Teaching opportunities
• Bespoke research and innovation department closely linked to local universities, and leading national studies on trauma, psychosis and autism