# Consultant Psychiatrist, Intellectual Disability - Pennine Lancashire > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-intellectual-disability-pennine-lancashire/3688326a-1cc7-48b8-b758-41ca0e148f1a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-intellectual-disability-pennine-lancashire/3688326a-1cc7-48b8-b758-41ca0e148f1a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Preston - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-21T12:31:31.629Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Darwen/Lancashire_South_Cumbria_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Intellectual_Disability_Psychiatry/Community_Intellectual_Disability_Psychiatry-v8029726 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8029726?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Consultant Psychiatrist – Intellectual Disability, Pennine Lancashire (10PA) We are seeking to recruit a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the Community Intellectual Disability teams in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale (BPR) and Hyndburn/Ribble Valley (HRV).  The post is full time (10 PAs).  This is a newly created post which will work alongside and be supported by the Specialist Doctor working across Pennine but mainly based in Blackburn. There is no On Call commitment for this post. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will have the following important clinical responsibilities: - Assessment and treatment of people with learning disabilities with additional mental health difficulties, including mental illness, autism, challenging behaviour and forensic needs, who are referred to the learning disability service. - Assessment of patients referred to the service at service users’ homes and in clinic. - Advice and consultancy where appropriate to the Community Learning Disability Team and other colleagues. - Support, including supervision where appropriate to non-medical prescribing colleagues, including the nurse prescribers. Applicants should hold full GMC registration and be included on the Specialist register of the GMC or they should be eligible for entry to the Specialist Register within 6 months of the interview date. It is a requirement that applicants are Section 12 Approved at the time of commencing employment and have or are eligible to have Approved Clinician Status. Remuneration will be as set out in the terms of the New Consultant Contract according to previous experience. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post. The Job Description was approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists on 4 October 2024. ## Job Details Consultant Psychiatrist – Intellectual Disability, Pennine Lancashire (10PA) We are seeking to recruit a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the Community Intellectual Disability teams in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale (BPR) and Hyndburn/Ribble Valley (HRV).  The post is full time (10 PAs).  This is a newly created post which will work alongside and be supported by the Specialist Doctor working across Pennine but mainly based in Blackburn. There is no On Call commitment for this post. ## Job Description The post holder will have the following important clinical responsibilities: ·       Assessment and treatment of people with learning disabilities with additional mental health difficulties, including mental illness, autism, challenging behaviour and forensic needs, who are referred to the learning disability service. ·       Assessment of patients referred to the service at service users’ homes and in clinic. ·       Advice and consultancy where appropriate to the Community Learning Disability Team and other colleagues. ·       Support, including supervision where appropriate to non-medical prescribing colleagues, including the nurse prescribers. Applicants should hold full GMC registration and be included on the Specialist register of the GMC or they should be eligible for entry to the Specialist Register within 6 months of the interview date. It is a requirement that applicants are Section 12 Approved at the time of commencing employment and have or are eligible to have Approved Clinician Status. Remuneration will be as set out in the terms of the New Consultant Contract according to previous experience. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post. The Job Description was approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists on 4 October 2024. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to this post ### Qualifications **Essential** - MBBS or equivalent - Full GMC registration and Licence to Practise - On GMC Specialist Register or eligible within 6 months of interview - Section 12 approved - AC status or within 6 months of interview ## Documents - [trust information (docx, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10317079) - [welcome from the lscft medical team (pdf, 6.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2229) - [welcome from network medical director (pdf, 488.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10317080) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 920.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10317078) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.