Consultant Psychiatrist-Learning Disabilities

This is a 5 PA Consultant Psychiatrist post within the Forest of Dean Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT), working as part of an established multidisciplinary team. The post provides specialist psychiatric assessment, treatment and ongoing management for adults with learning disabilities within the Forest of Dean locality, including the assessment and management of mental health, behavioural and epilepsy-related presentations. The consultant will have responsibility for a defined proportion of the team caseload, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, primary care and other partner agencies to provide high-quality, person-centred care. The caseload will be shared between the two consultant posts, with arrangements for allocation of patients agreed within the team. The post offers an opportunity to work within a well-established CLDT with a defined clinical workload and protected SPA time. This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 20 hours per week.

The post holder will provide consultant psychiatric leadership and clinical expertise to the CLDT, including assessment and formulation, diagnosis, treatment planning, medication review and management, risk assessment and management, and clinical review of people with complex mental health and/or behavioural presentations. The post holder will contribute to the assessment and management of epilepsy where relevant, multidisciplinary assessment and care planning, and provide advice and support to colleagues and partner agencies. The role will involve working collaboratively with patients, families and carers, as well as contributing to clinical leadership, supervision, teaching and service development as appropriate within the allocated SPA time. The post holder will also contribute to the education, training and supervision of resident doctors, supporting the service's ongoing role in postgraduate medical education. The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.