ConsultantPsychiatry

Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disabilities

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

Chichester

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

1 weeks ago

About the role

We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our established Western Community Learning Disability Team. Based in Chichester and Bognor Regis, you will provide specialist psychiatric care for adults with learning disabilities. The post comprises 7.5 programmed activities for direct clinical care and 2.5 for supporting professional activities.

The job description and person specification was sent for approval by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' regional advisor on 19.08.2026. Ref: SED KSS-CO-STH-2026-03880

You will:

Assess and treat adults with learning disabilities and complex mental, behavioural or physical health needs.

Provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team.

Offer advice to primary care, community and inpatient services.

Support appropriate access and reasonable adjustments within mainstream services.

Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, clinical governance, quality improvement and service development.

Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disabilities

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Supervise resident doctors and contribute to teaching and training.

Support the prevention of avoidable hospital admissions and provide advice on relevant mental health and capacity legislation.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services across Sussex. Our vision is to deliver great care and improve outcomes together, supported by our values of being compassionate, accountable and optimistic. The Western team includes psychiatry, learning disability nursing, psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and behaviour practitioners.

We support continuing professional development, peer review, appraisal, revalidation, teaching and quality improvement. The postholder will have access to administrative support, IT equipment and dedicated office space.

Person specification

Essential

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
TRANSPORT Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
Excellent knowledge in specialty
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
Ability to work in and lead team
Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
Participated in continuous professional development
Participated in research or service evaluation.
Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
Ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.

Desirable

Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
MRCPsych
Additional clinical qualifications.
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.

Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: SL awards, prizes, presentations and publications.

Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients