Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disability

The Trust is seeking to recruit a fixed term locum consultant psychiatrist to work in Intellectual Disability, West Kent MHLD Team based at Britton House, Gillingham. The MHLD service comprises two teams covering West and East Kent. The post holder will work within the West Kent MHLD Team. Within the teams each Consultant Psychiatrist is primarily focused on one smaller catchment area within it, in this case Medway. This catchment area includes the towns of Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham, Strood and Rainham. The West Kent Team has psychiatrists, nurses, and psychologists as part of its tri-disciplinary team. The Mental Health of Learning Disability team works closely with the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) which is part of the Kent Community Health Foundation Trust (KCHFT) and which includes other professionals such occupational therapists and speech and language therapists. MHLD Clinicians based at Britton House, Gillingham, are part of the West Kent MHLD Team and referrals hub. The Consultant for Medway will have approximately 50-60 patients in total under their Consultant responsibility. Some of these will be on the case list of the supporting doctor. There are approximately 2-3 new referrals from Medway per week on average. The Consultant will do 2-3 outpatient clinics weekly averaging about 12 patient contacts in total /weekly. The operating hours are Monday - Friday 0900 - 1700. The post-holder will carry no responsibility for inpatients.