Consultant in Psychiatry for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Consultant in Psychiatry for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

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We are driven to support people with learning disability access a high standard of care for their presenting difficulties. The service has already implemented Dementia, Epilepsy, and PMLD pathways. Our Mental Health Pathway is currently in development.

As a service, we are committed to addressing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities and have developed a Primary Care Liaison service in addition to the general hospital LD Liaison team. These teams are also passionate educators working closely with Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire People First in delivering sessions to groups including GP Trainees and Undergraduate medical students. These Teams are being further strengthened to create additional capacity and align to the wider Directorate support for Liaison and strengthen our earlier intervention and prevention model.

The post holder will provide specialist community psychiatric care to people with intellectual disabilities who reside within the county of Pembrokeshire. Pembrokeshire Community Team for Learning Disabilities.

• To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the speciality.
• To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate.
• To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board's procedures and operating policies.
• To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Health Board's service plans.
• To contribute to the Consultant on-call rota (1 in 14 rota).
• To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty or the Health Board.
• Core clinical expertise in the field of Intellectual Disability Psychiatry.
• Experience and knowledge of running a specialty service.
• Leadership and team building skills as well as working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Supporting and training multi-disciplinary teams.
• Participating in CPD including Audit.
• You are expected to maintain your professional development for Revalidation.
• A Teaching and Training role for medical undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Supervisor role to Resident and Middle Grade Medical Staff.
• To undertake regular multi-disciplinary clinical audit and provide evidence based medicine.

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in‑hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

• Four main hospitals:
  Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth;
  Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen;
  Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest.
• Five community hospitals:
  Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire;
  Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire.
• Two integrated care centres:
  Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings.
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers.
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services.

Date posted: 03 December 2025

Pay scheme:
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade:
Consultant

Salary: £110,240 to £160,951 a year

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Full-time

Reference number: 100-MED-MHLD-167-X

Job locations:
Llanion House, Llanion Park, Pembroke Dock, SA72 6DY

The successful candidate for this Consultant post will be eligible to hold an Honorary Academic title at a partner university on the understanding that they will participate in undergraduate teaching, including acting as an examiner, and support and facilitate research activities in an appropriate university faculty…