Consultant Psychiatrist in IDD

Consultant Psychiatrist in IDD

The closing date is 31 May 2026

Applications are invited for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist working within the Highbury hospital Inpatient Assessment and Treatment Unit (5 programmed activities) and Nottingham City Community Intellectual Disability Team (CIDT) (5 programmed activities). The community component of the post includes two boroughs within Nottingham City. This is a newly reconfigured Consultant post with 10 programmed activities. This permanent position offers a dynamic and rewarding opportunity to lead and shape mental health care delivery for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Main duties of the job

The teams provides specialist input for adults with intellectual disability of all severity associated with a range of other diagnoses and conditions including Autism, ADHD, behaviours of distress, mental illness, epilepsy, dementia etc. The post holder will be the named responsible clinician for the inpatient ATU and provide consultant psychiatrist input via clinics at Highbury Hospital and in the community.

The inpatient assessment and treatment unit admit male and female patients with a diagnosed intellectual disability from all over the county of Nottinghamshire. The post holder will manage 6 beds on Orion. There will be resident doctors rotating into the ward, up to and including one Foundation year 1, one Foundation year 2, one Core trainee and, depending on stage of training, one Higher trainee.

In the community setting, you will play a key role in routine and urgent patient assessment and management, GP liaison, contributing to and leading multidisciplinary meetings, and medicolegal work (MHA/Sec 12).

The post includes clinical leadership, supervision, and participation in a 24 hour IDD specific on‑call rota. You will contribute to service transformation and work collaboratively across multi-disciplinary and multi‑agency teams.

Job responsibilities

General Duties

To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust’s personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.

To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.

To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.

To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department.

To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.

To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.

To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.

To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.

To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation.

To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.

To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the Medical Director and other managers in preparing plans for services.

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Additional clinical qualifications
• 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
• Approved under S12 or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Transport

• Holds and will use a valid UK driving licence or provides evidence of a proposed alternative

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using a bio‑psycho‑social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• 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
• Wide range of specialist and sub‑specialist experience relevant to the post within NHS or a comparable service

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead a 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
• 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: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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