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Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Darwen; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust seeks a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to work with Community Intellectual Disability teams in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale and Hyndburn/Ribble Valley. The role is full time (10 PAs) and newly created, with support from a Specialist Doctor across Pennine Lancashire, mainly based in Blackburn.

Responsibilities include assessment and treatment of learning disability patients with mental health difficulties, home and clinic visits, and

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and inclusion on the Specialist Register or eligible for entry within 6 months of interview.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat people with learning disabilities with additional mental health issues, including autism, challenging behaviour, and forensic needs.
• Assess patients in homes and clinics referred to the service.
• Provide advice and consultancy to Community Learning Disability Team and colleagues.
• Offer supervision and support to non-medical prescribing colleagues, including nurse prescribers.

Skills

GMC registration

Specialist Register

Section 12 Approved

Approved Clinician Status

Job description

Consultant Psychiatrist, Intellectual Disability - Pennine Lancashire

A Vacancy at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

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).
• 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

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 Wednesday 23 Sep 2026

To be discussed at Interview / Next stage depending on experience.