Consultant Psychiatrist within Intellectual Disabilities (9 PAs) in Plymouth

We are seeking to appoint a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Community Learning Disabilities Team in Plymouth. This is a part-time post - 9 PAs, inclusive of on-call - that will work alongside the existing full-time Consultant. The post holder will be expected to participate in the consultant on-call rota, which is currently 1 in 14.

The Community Learning Disabilities Team is a dynamic, enthusiastic team that is committed to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities in Plymouth. The team is built on the vision to empower people with a learning disability to have a good quality of life and to value ourselves and the people we support. There is a single team for the city, delivering integrated health and social care, with a focus on evidence-based, high-quality care in the community. The postholder will complement the established full-time Consultant and form part of a well-developed and continually evolving Community Learning Disabilities Team, supported by a full range of MDT professionals. The team regularly hosts both core and higher psychiatry trainees.

The successful candidate will contribute to the senior leadership of the community team, including service development, quality improvement initiatives relevant to their clinical role, and teaching and training activities. There is also the opportunity to participate in research for those with an interest. Based at Westbourne, Scott Business Park in Plymouth, the post holder will provide specialist psychiatric assessment, treatment, and ongoing care for adults with a learning disability living within the catchment area and eligible for community services.

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs. We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for Study Leave. Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job responsibilities: Please see attached Royal College of Psychiatrists endorsed Job Description for the post of Consultant Psychiatrist within Intellectual Disability Psychiatry.

Person Specification

• Essential

• Research, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Management & Practical Requirements
• Ability to apply evidence-based approach to management of clinical problems
• Ability to teach undergraduates and supervise resident doctors
• Ability to communicate with patients and staff, both orally and in writing, to a high standard
• Computer and IT skills
• Reliability
• Excellent team working skills
• Caring attitude to patients and relatives
• Advise on efficient running of the service
• Participate in department management
• Experience in Audit
• Sensitivity to the importance of considering a user’s view in individual treatment plans and service development
• Ability to access transport to undertake duties as appropriate
• Willingness to work expected hours on the job and on-call with reasonable adjustment to any disability
• Ability to deal with stressful situations and emergency care

• Completion of clinical research
• Enthusiasm toward developing research in partnership with the University
• Publications in peer reviewed journals
• Experience in designing teaching curricula for undergraduates
• Ability to provide educational supervision to ST4-6
• Ability to maintain and build relationships across multiple physical and organisational boundaries
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
• Ability to motivate a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Evidence of service improvement and design specific to community settings
• Practical experience of NHS Clinical Systems, CPA and Patient Reported Outcome Measures

Qualifications

• Essential

• Eligibility for full registration with GMC with a licence to practice
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register in LD Psychiatry at the time of taking up the post (Specialist Registrars applying in advance must be within six months of their CCT at the point of being interviewed)
• Eligibility for Section 12 and Approval Clinician Approval
• Extensive experience in LD Psychiatry

• Higher academic qualification (MSc, PhD or other relevant higher qualifications)
• Specialist areas, e.g. expertise in the assessment of Autism and/or ADHD

Experience

• Essential

• Knowledge of Mental Health legislation
• Participation in Continual Professional Development
• MDT working
• Ability to offer expert psychiatric opinion on a full range of emergency and routine clinical situations

• Experience in community LD psychiatry
• Advanced communication skills / experience of making Reasonable Adjustments
• Strong track record of collaborative working (shared decision making; co-production; MDT working etc.)

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.