Consultant Psychiatrist (Learning Disabilities & Autism)

NHS; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 93,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Salisbury is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to lead mental health services for adults with learning disabilities. The role includes providing clinical leadership, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and contributing to service development. The ideal candidate will have GMC registration, leadership skills, and a commitment to continuous professional development. Competitive salary and benefits await the right individual.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Discounts on everyday purchases

Access to eLearning and CPD opportunities

Free tea, coffee, and milk

Qualifications

• Registered with the GMC and approved clinician status.
• Evidence of participation in CPD is necessary.
• Demonstrated leadership in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and psychiatric input to adults with learning disabilities.
• Liaise and advise inpatient mental health services.
• Collaborate with Local Authority and Integrated Care System partners.

Skills

Registered professional with current registration (GMC)

Leadership skills

Multidisciplinary team involvement

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Included on the GMC Specialist Register

Job description

Job Summary

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist seeking your next opportunity as a dynamic clinical leader in Learning Disabilities Psychiatry? Are you dedicated, compassionate, and committed to delivering outstanding mental health services? If so, we would love to hear from you!

HCRG Care Group are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist who shares our vision for high‑quality, person‑centred care for adults with a learning disability in Wiltshire.

You will join a supportive and established team of two Consultant Psychiatrists, working closely with the local Community Learning Disability Team, which includes Psychology and an Intensive Support Service for people with learning disabilities. Together, the team provides specialist psychiatric input across Wiltshire, contributing to safe, effective, and compassionate care.

You will become part of the wider Learning Disability Consultant network, a highly supportive group that meets monthly to focus on service development and continuous improvement and twice monthly for academic meetings and shared learning.

The post also benefits from strong connections with local generic psychiatry networks, promoting collaboration and professional growth.

What We Offer

• Flexible timetable options to support work‑life balance and personalised job planning
• A dedicated office, full secretarial support, and robust IT access, including facilities for remote working
• The opportunity to help shape innovative, high‑quality mental health services for adults with learning disabilities

Main Duties

• Provide clinical leadership and psychiatric input to adults with a learning disability living in the West Wiltshire location
• Liaise with and provide advice to inpatient mental health services and a specialist LDA unit
• Work closely with the Local Authority and Integrated Care System partners, ensuring liaison and collaborative working, and delivering evidence‑based and effective treatment
• Support ongoing CPD and enable career aspirations, providing opportunities to share expertise across areas

About Us

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We are a Disability Confident company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

Job Responsibilities

• Salary of £93,666 – £121,281 per annum depending on experience (Consultant Payscale)
• NHS Pension
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases and cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face‑to‑face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post‑trauma support, legal, debt and life‑management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ring‑fenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location

Ideal Candidate

• Registered professional with current registration (GMC)
• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of gaining CCT
• Approved clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Knowledge and evidence of participation in CPD
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement
• Leadership skills and ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team

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.

Employer Details

HCRG Care Group

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP4 7AL

Website: https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/

Job Details

Date posted: 21 November 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £93,666 to £126,281 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time

Reference number: HCRGCG/TP/40134/17671