Consultant Psychiatrist in IDD

Overview

You will lead psychiatric care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, split between an inpatient unit and community CIDT in Nottingham. In this role you will act as named Responsible Clinician for the inpatient ATU and provide consultant input through clinics locally and in the community. You will drive service transformation, provide clinical leadership, and collaborate across multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams to improve outcomes for people with IDD.

Responsibilities

• Manage junior medical staff and provide supervision
• Oversee patient care and ensure accurate clinical activity recording
• Contribute to service and business planning for the locality and mental health service
• Participate in annual consultant appraisal and internal CPD activities
• Maintain GMC registration, MHA/S12 compliance, and professional conduct
• Lead job planning discussions to reflect service changes and modernization
• Collaborate with local managers and colleagues to ensure efficient service delivery
• Adhere to Trust policies and support financial management and planning

Key requirements

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent (essential for eligibility)
• Fully registered with GMC with licence to practise
• Specialist Register inclusion or within six months
• Approved clinician status or ability to achieve within 3 months
• S12 approval or ability to achieve within 3 months
• UK driving licence or alternative plan
• Excellent specialty knowledge and broad clinical skills
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Ability to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Teaching and leadership abilities
• Evidence of CPD, research, audit or service improvement
• Willingness to participate in on-call rota

• leadership
• team collaboration
• cross-functional communication
• bio-psycho-social approach
• MHA and MCA compliance
• on-call service delivery

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