Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disability (RRP 30K)

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Uxbridge is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist specializing in Learning Disabilities. This full-time position involves clinical leadership and providing expert psychiatric care for adults in the community. The successful candidate will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team and has the option for flexible working hours. Competitive benefits include relocation assistance and a generous leave entitlement.

Benefits

Golden Hello up to 30K

Relocation package up to 8K

NHS pension scheme

Study leave

Staff discounts

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC and a license to practice.
• Experience in working with adults with Learning Disabilities.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric services for adults with Learning Disabilities in Hillingdon.
• Collaborate with mainstream mental health services.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary meetings and case reviews.

Skills

Psychiatric expertise

Clinical leadership

Experience with Learning Disabilities

Flexibility in working hours

Education

Medical degree

Postgraduate psychiatric training

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.

Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disability (RRP 30K)

Learning Disabilities Service, Hillingdon

Permanent, Full Time 10 PAs

If you are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist role in London working with intellectually disabled adults, we would love to hear from you.

This is a Full-Time community job (10 PAs) based in the Hillingdon Learning Disability Team. You will work with a Core Trainee, Higher Specialist Trainee and colleague Consultants.

CNWL has built on excellent links with Brunel University. The successful candidate will have the option to take up an extra 1PA as an educational post.

This post attracts a Golden Hello for up to 30K (taxable and non-pensionable). Relocation package for up to 8K (subject to eligibility), generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, NHS pension scheme and a range of staff discounts including purchase and lease of new cars.

We are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.

For more information please contact:

Amelia Bhoobun, Service Manager Hillingdon Community LD Team — Tel: [phone] — E: [e-mail]

Dr Andrea Tocca, Clinical Director/AMD

PA: Beejal Shira: [e-mail]

*Job Description pending RCPsych approval*

You will provide a Consultant Psychiatric service for adults with Learning Disabilities living in Hillingdon.

Support and develop the provision of ongoing psychiatric input to people with Learning Disabilities living in the community.

Attend community team referrals and complex case reviews, community team clinical governance and management meetings. The clinical caseload will be a mix of clinic-based appointments, work in local residential providers and day resources.

You will also provide a Consultant Psychiatric service for people with a Learning Disability who may be admitted on Frays and Crane Ward, acute inpatient mental health wards at The Riverside Centre (2 beds). This would include providing Responsible Clinician input at weekly ward rounds, multidisciplinary meetings, administration and preparation of tribunal reports.

Lead the collaboration with mainstream mental health services within the Borough.

Actively participate in the shaping of new services in light of recent and ongoing changes to the NHS, in collaboration with relevant Clinical and Service Managers.

CNWL is a nationally leading NHS Foundation Trust providing Mental Health, Community Health and Child Health Services across London and the South East of England. The area spans the communities of London, Milton Keynes and wider geographical areas of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. There are areas of great affluence as well as deprivation, and there are over 100 first-languages spoken in these communities.

We were authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1 May 2007.

The Trust is organised into three Divisions: Jameson, Goodall and Diggory. Goodall Division is responsible for the delivery of Mental Health and community Learning Disability services in Hillingdon, as well as all CNWL’s specialist rehabilitation provision and CAMHS provision in NW London. We also deliver community physical health services in a number of boroughs in NW London, including Hillingdon, Harrow, Ealing and neighbouring systems of North Central London.

Our staff play a fundamental role in our delivery of excellent outcomes and excellent patient experience, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.

www.cnwl.nhs.uk

Clinical Work

• Diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders both in in-patient and out-patient settings.
• Provision of psychiatric expertise on mental health issues, including providing specialist assessments, involvement in case discussions, advice, support and training to community and inpatient services colleagues where appropriate.
• Responsible Clinician (RC) responsibility for LD beds. There has been flexibility with regards to this number and in the past up to 4 LD patients have been admitted at a given time on the acute units.
• Respond to the needs of the service, including providing a rapid response to requests for pre-admission assessment (including for assessments under the MHA), when required for both patients from the Hillingdon catchment area, and those referred from other Boroughs and services.
• Provide a clinical leadership role to ensure that the Trust meets its objectives within Improving Access to Healthcare for people with a learning disability.
• Act as responsible clinician for community patients on Community Treatment Orders.
• Provide appropriate referral to other tertiary and specialist services e.g. Forensic Services according to local protocols.
• Further develop the relationship with CAMHS services and the management of people in transitions.
• Participation in the service Care Quality Management group work plan.

This advert closes on Wednesday 8 Oct 2025