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An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Locum Consultant Psychiatrist to join a specialist Community Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities in Greater London.

This post is one of two consultant positions within a well-established, integrated, multidisciplinary service that provides specialist psychiatric care for adults with learning disabilities. The vacancy has arisen due to a career break, offering an excellent opportunity to join an innovative and highly supportive team.

The service delivers community-based, person-centred care, with a strong emphasis on preventing hospital admissions, supporting people with complex needs, improving physical health outcomes, and promoting independence.

Main Duties of the Job

Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide consultant psychiatric care for adults with learning disabilities in community settings.
• Assess and manage complex mental illness, neurodevelopmental disorders, behavioural concerns, and dementia.
• Conduct outpatient reviews, clinics, and home visits.
• Support Dynamic Support Register patients at risk of admission or placement breakdown.
• Lead treatment planning, medication management, risk assessments, and ongoing monitoring.
• Support transitions from CAMHS to adult services.
• Contribute to admission avoidance and discharge planning.

Leadership / MDT Working

• Work collaboratively within a large integrated MDT including psychiatry, psychology, nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, physiotherapy, and social care.
• Provide senior medical leadership and clinical decision-making.
• Participate in partnership work with commissioners, local authority teams, primary care, voluntary organisations, and carers.

Teaching / Supervision

• Supervise junior doctors, including higher trainees, core trainees, and foundation doctors.
• Support undergraduate teaching for medical students.
• Participate in postgraduate psychiatry education and MRCPsych training.

Governance / Quality Improvement

• Participate in appraisal, CPD, audit, governance meetings, and quality improvement projects.
• Lead service development initiatives.
• Contribute to Learning Disability Mortality Review (LeDeR) and NHS Long Term Plan priorities.

Person specification

Requirements

Essential

• MBBS / MBChB or equivalent qualification
• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise
• Minimum 1 year NHS experience
• GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT/CESR
• MRCPsych or equivalent higher psychiatric qualification
• Section 12 Approval
• Approved Clinician status
• Experience in Learning Disability Psychiatry at Consultant or ST6+ level
• Experience in acute and community psychiatric settings
• Strong understanding of Mental Health Act, MCA, safeguarding
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

• Publications in Psychiatry
• Management training/leadership skills
• Experience teaching multidisciplinary groups
• Experience in service development
• IT proficiency, including Word / PowerPoint / Excel
• Experience working across diverse cultural communities.
• Professional indemnity membership

Personal Attributes

• Compassionate and respectful clinician
• Strong team player
• Approachable leader
• Flexible and adaptable
• Motivated to improve services
• Excellent relationship-building skills
• Patient and carer focused.