# Locum Consultant in Psychiatry for Adults with LD > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hywel Dda University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-psychiatry-for-adults-with-ld/98e4df98-754e-4f4b-bb94-f169c89a54a6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-psychiatry-for-adults-with-ld/98e4df98-754e-4f4b-bb94-f169c89a54a6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hywel Dda University Health Board - **Town:** Haverfordwest - **Region:** West Wales - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £125,509 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (10 sessions) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T08:31:34.487Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Carmarthenshire/Pembroke_Dock/Hywel_Dda_University_Health_Board/Psychiatry/Psychiatry-v8035159 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8035159?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://hduhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview Champion inclusion. Lead innovation. Transform lives. We are seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate Consultant in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability to join our Pembrokeshire Community Team for Learning Disabilities and help shape the next phase of service development. We are driven by a clear purpose: to ensure people with learning disabilities can access high‑quality, compassionate and equitable care for their presenting needs. Our Learning Disability Service continues to evolve, with well‑established Dementia, Epilepsy and Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) pathways, and an ambitious Mental Health Pathway currently in development. As a service, we are deeply committed to reducing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities. In addition to our General Hospital Learning Disability Liaison Team, we have developed a Primary Care Liaison Service, strengthening early identification, intervention and prevention. Education and collaboration sit at the heart of what we do. Our teams work closely with Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire People First, delivering high‑quality teaching to a wide range of groups, including GP Trainees and Undergraduate Medical Students. These teams are currently being further strengthened to increase capacity, align with wider Directorate support for Liaison services, and enhance our proactive, preventative model of care. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will provide specialist community psychiatric care to people with intellectual disabilities living in Pembrokeshire, working as part of a highly skilled, supportive and multidisciplinary team. This is a senior leadership role offering the opportunity to influence service design, mentor colleagues and drive improvements in care quality and outcomes. Key responsibilities include: - Providing clinical and professional leadership to staff within the specialty - Delivering safe, effective and evidence‑based clinical care in line with Health Board policies and service plans - Supporting and developing teaching, training and research activities - Contributing to the Consultant on‑call rota (1 in 14) - Playing an active role in service development, business planning and strategic growth - Working collaboratively within a multi‑disciplinary team, supporting and training colleagues across professions ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This role offers the opportunity to combine meaningful clinical leadership with the chance to shape inclusive services that genuinely change lives. You will be supported to innovate, to teach, and to lead within a Health Board that values compassion, collaboration and ambition. If you are seeking a consultant role where your expertise can make a lasting difference — both clinically and system‑wide — we would be delighted to hear from you. The successful candidate will demonstrate: - Core expertise in Intellectual Disability Psychiatry - Experience in running or contributing to a specialty service - Strong leadership, team‑building and mentoring skills - A commitment to continuous professional development, including audit and evidence‑based practice - Active participation in CPD, appraisal and revalidation You will also play a vital educational role, including: - Teaching and training undergraduate and postgraduate medical trainees - Acting as Supervisor to Resident and Middle Grade medical staffLeading or contributing to regular multidisciplinary clinical audits For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy. Please see the below links for useful videos relating to this vacancy: - Hywel Dda 3 Counties -  https://youtu.be/RUMDpjtu1sY - Lifestyle in Wales - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgt03XPT6RQ - Medical Leadership in Hywel Dda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLioZyqIpwk&t=33s - MHLD Working in Psychiatry at Hywel Dda - https://youtu.be/xxXlqbYSW5Y ## Job Details Champion inclusion. Lead innovation. Transform lives. We are seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate Consultant in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability to join our Pembrokeshire Community Team for Learning Disabilities and help shape the next phase of service development. We are driven by a clear purpose: to ensure people with learning disabilities can access high‑quality, compassionate and equitable care for their presenting needs. Our Learning Disability Service continues to evolve, with well‑established Dementia, Epilepsy and Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) pathways, and an ambitious Mental Health Pathway currently in development. As a service, we are deeply committed to reducing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities. In addition to our General Hospital Learning Disability Liaison Team, we have developed a Primary Care Liaison Service, strengthening early identification, intervention and prevention. Education and collaboration sit at the heart of what we do. Our teams work closely with Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire People First, delivering high‑quality teaching to a wide range of groups, including GP Trainees and Undergraduate Medical Students. These teams are currently being further strengthened to increase capacity, align with wider Directorate support for Liaison services, and enhance our proactive, preventative model of care. ## Job Description The post holder will provide specialist community psychiatric care to people with intellectual disabilities living in Pembrokeshire, working as part of a highly skilled, supportive and multidisciplinary team. This is a senior leadership role offering the opportunity to influence service design, mentor colleagues and drive improvements in care quality and outcomes. Key responsibilities include: Providing clinical and professional leadership to staff within the specialty Delivering safe, effective and evidence‑based clinical care in line with Health Board policies and service plans Supporting and developing teaching, training and research activities Contributing to the Consultant on‑call rota (1 in 14) Playing an active role in service development, business planning and strategic growth Working collaboratively within a multi‑disciplinary team, supporting and training colleagues across professions ## Responsibilities This role offers the opportunity to combine meaningful clinical leadership with the chance to shape inclusive services that genuinely change lives. You will be supported to innovate, to teach, and to lead within a Health Board that values compassion, collaboration and ambition. If you are seeking a consultant role where your expertise can make a lasting difference — both clinically and system‑wide — we would be delighted to hear from you. The successful candidate will demonstrate: Core expertise in Intellectual Disability Psychiatry Experience in running or contributing to a specialty service Strong leadership, team‑building and mentoring skills A commitment to continuous professional development, including audit and evidence‑based practice Active participation in CPD, appraisal and revalidation You will also play a vital educational role, including: Teaching and training undergraduate and postgraduate medical trainees Acting as Supervisor to Resident and Middle Grade medical staffLeading or contributing to regular multidisciplinary clinical audits For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy. Please see the below links for useful videos relating to this vacancy: Hywel Dda 3 Counties - https://youtu.be/RUMDpjtu1sY Lifestyle in Wales - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgt03XPT6RQ Medical Leadership in Hywel Dda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLioZyqIpwk&t=33s MHLD Working in Psychiatry at Hywel Dda - https://youtu.be/xxXlqbYSW5Y ## Person Specification ### Other **Desirable** - Welsh Speaker (Level 1) ### Teaching **Essential** - Ability to critically assess learning requirements for self and others. - Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and resident doctors. - Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff. **Desirable** - Teaching qualification. ### Safeguarding **Essential** - Demonstrates knowledge of safeguarding requirements and takes appropriate responsibility. - Evidence of applying appropriate equality and diversity legislation. ### Clinical Experience **Essential** - Broad based experience within the specialty area. - Able to demonstrate core competencies and clinical skills relevant to the post. - Evidence of leading a team. **Desirable** - Previous experience working in the UK or NHS. ### Clinical Governance **Essential** - Understanding of the role of Clinical Governance. - Understanding of clinical audit (or quality improvement project). - Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process. **Desirable** - Knowledge of risk management. - Participation in clinical audit. ### Skills and Attributes **Essential** - Ability to work autonomously and be responsible for actions. - Ability to remain calm whilst working under pressure. - Undertake responsibility for leading and supervising a team. - Excellent interpersonal skills and team-working skills. ### Research and Scholarship **Essential** - Demonstrates knowledge of current research and best practice in the specialty area. - Evidence of keeping up to date with current research and best practice. - Evidence of locating and using clinical guidelines appropriately. - Evidence of communicating and interpreting research evidence in a meaningful way. **Desirable** - Active participation in Research. ### Qualifications and Knowledge **Essential** - Full registration and a License to Practice with the General Medical Council. - Valid Certified Advanced Life Support. - Completion of relevant Royal College Examinations (or equivalent). - Section 12 Approval (Psych). **Desirable** - Additional clinical qualification(s). - AC Approved Clinician Status ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 808.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2373) - [occupational health form (pdf, 904.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10323026) - [portfolio pathway - welsh (pdf, 946.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10323028) - [portfolio pathway - english (pdf, 924.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10323027) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2383) - [job description & person specification - welsh (pdf, 576.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10323025) - [job description & person specification - english (pdf, 584.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10323023) ## 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.