Consultant Psychiatrist- Learning Disabilities Psychiatry

NHS; Wordsley; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for Learning Disabilities Psychiatry. This full-time, permanent post involves community work and requires strong leadership and forensic psychiatric skills. The role offers responsibilities across several localities and a competitive salary range, ensuring the well-being of vulnerable patients through collaboration with various agencies and professionals.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in learning disabilities and co-morbid mental health conditions.
• Ability to assess and treat complex cases in line with Trust policies.
• Strong leadership skills to contribute to service governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist forensic psychiatric services to vulnerable adults.
• Assess and treat outpatients according to best practice and guidelines.
• Support strong partnerships with agencies for holistic care.

Skills

Forensic psychiatric services

NICE guidance

Mental health treatment

Partnership development

Education

Medical degree with specialization in Psychiatry

Job description

Overview

Consultant Psychiatrist- Learning Disabilities Psychiatry. The closing date is 08 October 2025.

Consultant Psychiatrist, Full time, Permanent, Psychiatry of Learning Disability, Sandwell. The post is based at Heath Lane Hospital, Heath Lane, West Bromwich B71 2BG.

The post will cover community work for adults over 18 years with Learning Disabilities in the Black Country (Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton) to the North of Birmingham City. There are one in twelve on call commitments to this post. You will be clinically responsible for patients within your catchment area. You will be part of an established innovative MDT that includes Psychologists, nurses, Allied Health Professionals and support staff. Post will entail opportunities to provide reports to the Courts, including forensic reporting where appropriate.

Vacancy can be withdrawn sooner at the advertiser’s discretion.

Main duties of the job

• Provide and support the development of specialist forensic psychiatric services to adults with a learning disability, to help safeguard the wellbeing of vulnerable others, to comply with confidentiality policies and to record activity accurately and comprehensively.
• Assess and treat out-patients with a learning disability and co-morbid mental health and behaviour disorders in line with NICE guidance, best practice and Trust policies. Current total workload is 58 outpatients, some who are subject to a conditional discharge and some subject to deprivations of liberty. Patients are reviewed either in their homes or at one of the outpatient settings within the Trust.
• Assess and treat out-patients with a learning disability and co-morbid mental illness, autistic spectrum disorders and/or epilepsy.
• Support the care of adults with a learning disability by developing strong partnerships with other agencies and services, including social care, primary care and voluntary agencies.
• Contribute to clinical leadership within the Trust-wide learning disability service, including participating in the governance structures with opportunities to take up medical management roles.

About us

Employees, workers, and / or contractors will be expected to uphold the values of the Trust and exhibit the expected Trust behaviours aligned to the Trust's values. Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they display the Trust values and behaviours in carrying out their job and that individuals feel able to challenge (or raise a challenge) when other colleagues' behaviours breach the spirit of Trust values.

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed breakdown of the job description and person specification see attached.

For Contact Information -

Divisional Medical Director

0121 612 8425

Person Specification

Competencies and experience

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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.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Per Annum Pro Rata