Consultant MPAC Learning Disability & Neurodiversity; Inpatient

Consultant MPAC Learning Disability & Neurodiversity (Inpatient)

This is an exciting opportunity to join Devon Partnership NHS Trust at The Brook in Dawlish a purpose-built, state-of-the-art 10-bed regional inpatient unit supporting autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities with acute mental health needs.

We are looking for a Consultant MPAC to provide clinical leadership within a developing specialist service that has been designed with clinicians and people with lived experience. You’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred inpatient care, while helping to shape the future of a modern regional service.

This post would suit an MPAC with experience in Learning Disability Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry with a strong interest in autism, neurodiversity and complex mental health presentations. You’ll work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team and consultant psychiatry colleagues, with opportunities to contribute to service development, teaching, research and quality improvement.

If you are looking for a role where you can lead, innovate and influence, while enjoying flexible working options and the chance to work in one of the UK’s most beautiful coastal counties, we would love to hear from you.

• Strong multidisciplinary culture with experienced LD, autism and mental health professionals
• Opportunity to shape a regional specialist service at an early stage of development
• Support for teaching, supervision, quality improvement and research, with links to Exeter University

You will join a highly skilled multidisciplinary inpatient team and work closely with well-established community services, alongside experienced and supportive LD&A Consultant and MPAC colleagues across Devon.

This is an opportunity to provide clinical leadership for the Regional LDA Inpatient Unit (1.0 WTE) and help shape the continued development of this specialist service.

You will be part of a regional model of care, with admissions considered through a multidisciplinary panel in partnership with Avon & Wiltshire Partnership Trust, supporting high-quality specialist provision across the wider region.

You will lead on assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and risk management, and act as Responsible Clinician where appropriate. You will also work closely with health and social care partners to support admission avoidance, timely discharge and successful repatriation.

If you enjoy innovation and service development, you will be well supported by our dedicated QI team to test, develop and embed new ideas.

You will also have opportunities to get involved in clinically relevant research through our strong links with the University of Exeter and our nationally recognised, clinically led research programme.

We also support training for nursing and medical undergraduates, and you will be encouraged to develop your interests in teaching, training and research as part of the role.

• Significant and in-depth post professional qualifying clinical experience. This requires a minimum of 10 years post qualifying clinical experience, including 7+ years in mental health and 5+ years in a senior position. Ideally these senior roles will have been at Agenda for Change band 7 or band 8, but as a minimum they will have been at AfC band 6.
• Evidence of leading effectively at a senior level in a multi-disciplinary health and social care setting (mental health).
• Experience of working with a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies.
• Experience of engaging in service development activities.
• Evidence of promoting research, evidence-based practice, clinical excellence and quality approaches to support outcome focussed care.
• Experience in facilitating learning within clinical practice.
• Experience of managing, supervising and supporting teams.
• Ability to clinically assess mental disorder and to knowledgeably apply the statutory criteria for the key decision reserved to the RC

• Knowledge of various approaches to mental health assessment.
• Knowledge of the principles of key working, or named professionals within a CMHT.
• Awareness of…