Consultant Psychiatrist, Intellectual Disability - Pennine Lancashire

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Job summary

A healthcare trust in Pennine Lancashire is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for a full-time role focusing on individuals with learning disabilities and associated mental health challenges. The ideal applicant will hold full GMC registration and be eligible for Special Register entry. This exciting position offers competitive remuneration, support for professional development, and various benefits including a relocation package and study leave budget.

Benefits

Golden Hello payment

Study leave budget

Relocation package

Peer support group

Opportunities for clinical supervision

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and Specialist registration eligibility required.
• Section 12 Approved status at commencement is necessary.
• Experience with learning disabilities and mental health is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat individuals with learning disabilities and mental health difficulties.
• Provide advice to the Community Learning Disability Team.
• Supervise non-medical prescribing colleagues.

Skills

Full GMC registration

Specialist registration eligibility

Section 12 Approved

Clinical supervision

Assessment and treatment skills

Education

Medical degree

Postgraduate qualification in Psychiatry

Job description

A Vacancy at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.


Consultant Psychiatrist – Intellectual Disability, Pennine Lancashire (10PA)

*Golden Hello payment Payable*

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.

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.

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).

· Excellent peer support group

· 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

· Relocation package available.

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

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.




This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025