Consultant Psychiatrist, Intellectual Disability - Pennine Lancashire

Integrated Care System; Darwen; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Lancashire is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for a newly created full-time role within their Community Intellectual Disability teams. This position emphasizes collaborative clinical responsibilities, offering flexibility for professional development and support for Special Interests, along with a competitive remuneration package.

Benefits

Study leave budget of £3000 over 3 years

Opportunities for clinical supervision

Flexible professional development

Active Medical Education department

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and licence to practise.
• Experience relevant to this post required.
• Eligibility for Specialist Register within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and treatment of individuals with learning disabilities.
• Provide advice and consultancy to the Community Learning Disability Team.
• Support and supervise non-medical prescribing colleagues.

Skills

Assessment

Treatment

Consultancy

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Full GMC registration

On GMC Specialist Register

Section 12 approved

Approved Clinician status

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist, Intellectual Disability - Pennine Lancashire

The closing date is 28 July 2025

This post is eligible for a 5% payment of basic salary payable over 2 years.

We are seeking to recruit a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the Community Intellectual Disability teams in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale (BPR) and Hyndburn/Ribble Valley (HRV). The post is full time (10 PAs). This is a newly created post which will work alongside and be supported by the Specialist Doctor working across Pennine but mainly based in Blackburn.

There is no On Call commitment for this post.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have the following important clinical responsibilities:

Assessment and treatment of people with learning disabilities with additional mental health difficulties, including mental illness, autism, challenging behaviour and forensic needs, who are referred to the learning disability service.

Assessment of patients referred to the service at service users' homes and in clinic.

Advice and consultancy where appropriate to the Community Learning Disability Team and other colleagues.

Support, including supervision where appropriate to non-medical prescribing colleagues, including the nurse prescribers.

Applicants should hold full GMC registration and be included on the Specialist register of the GMC or they should be eligible for entry to the Specialist Register within 6 months of the interview date.

It is a requirement that applicants are Section 12 Approved at the time of commencing employment and have or are eligible to have Approved Clinician Status.

Remuneration will be as set out in the terms of the New Consultant Contract according to previous experience.

About us

The role:

At least 2.5 SPAs as standard for a full time post (we would be flexible in looking at enhancements to support other activities that support the wider ambitions of the Trust).

Study leave budget of £3000 over 3 years or up to £5000 over 3 years for newly qualified Consultants

Opportunities to be a clinical supervisor

At our Trust, we're really keen to develop our Consultant workforce and nurture their areas of interest in a flexible way where possible. Come and have a chat with us about what your special interest or development area and build a suitable job plan with us. We also have an extremely active Medical Education department and support our Consultants in becoming Clinical & Educational Supervisors and nurturing their interests in this area. There are also opportunities to have a role in Digital Leadership if this is a passion for any of our Consultants.

Check out our twitter accounts for examples of some exciting things we are working on via @LSCFTMedics and @LSCFTMedEd

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post.

The Job Description was approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists on 4 October 2024.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC registration and Licence to Practise
• On GMC Specialist Register or eligible within 6 months of interview
• Section 12 approved
• AC status or within 6 months of interview

Experience

• Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to this post

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust