Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry of Intellectual Disabilities
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 444-MED-0006-LDA
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Loft
- Town
- Nuneaton
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Intellectual Disabilities
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
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Job overview
The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join the North Warwickshire Community LD Team which is a well-established and energetic team supported by a specialty doctor and trainees. The vacancy has arisen as the previous postholder had to move for family reasons.
This is a replacement of an established post. It is a 1.0 WTE post with a job plan comprising of 7.5 PAs for Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and 2.5 PAs for Supporting Professional Activities (SPA). Job sharing is also available for this post.
The Trust is keen to continue to develop community services, with the aim of avoiding hospital admissions, where possible and safe to do so. The post carries no responsibility for inpatients (but the post-holder takes part in a shared out-of-hours rota, which includes Brooklands Hospital).
The Consultant Psychiatrist will work in the CLDT providing catchment area services to North Warwickshire (population 200,000). This includes the towns of Nuneaton and Bedworth as well as more rural areas such as Dordon and Polesworth. They will also work with the Learning Disability Intensive Support Team (IST) for clients from this catchment area. The CLDT accepts new referrals via the trust-wide Single Point of Access and internal referrals from anywhere within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to:
- Assess and treat outpatients with a learning disability and co-morbid mental health, autistic spectrum disorders, epilepsy and behaviour disorders in line with evidence based best practice, NICE guidance and Trust policies.
- Fulfil the Responsible Clinician (RC)/Approved Clinician (AC) role with respect to patients detained under Community Treatment Orders of the Mental Health Act and to attend Tribunals/Managers hearings and prepare reports for these.
- Be available for clinical input into the care of the patients they have responsibility for. Input will be based around weekly MDT meetings as well as reviews of Section 117 and Care and Treatment Plans, in addition to other ad hoc meetings. The post holder will be expected to play a role in supervision of clinical work carried out by other team members.
- Liaise with mental health professionals from the area the patient originates from as well as outside organisations such as the relevant Local Authority and independent sector provider organisations.
- Comply with any appropriate quality standards applicable to the service and would be expected to support any new standards as they arise.
- Take part in Mental Health Assessments and out of hours duties and act as RC.
- The post holder will be on the on-call consultant duty rota for Brooklands and Learning Disability Community Services which currently represents a 1:9 commitment and may be supported by a ST4-6 Higher Trainee.
Working for our organisation
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details of the post please consult the attached job description and person specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC registration and inclusion on the specialist register in Learning Disabilities or within 6 months of CCT
- A postgraduate qualification in Psychiatry e.g. Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Professor Ashok Roy
- Job title
- Associate Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Dr Rani Pathania, Medical Lead for Community Learning Disabilities - [email protected]
Dr Hassan Mahmood, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Learning Disabilities - [email protected]
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