Consultant Psychiatrist, Intellectual Disability - Pennine Lancashire

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., 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).