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Specialty Doctor in Adult Learning Disability Services
The closing date is 24 August 2025
This is a well- established Specialty Doctor post in learning disability psychiatry within the Peterborough area of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. Successful post holder will work with the consultant psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership to Peterborough Community Learning Disability Service and Hollies Inpatient Ward at the Cavell centre. The job plan will be reviewed on an annual basis and changes made to meet the changing needs of the service.
The post will be based in Peterborough, for outpatient work in the community.
The office accommodation is at the Hollies, Cavell Centre, Peterborough and secretarial support is provided.
Supervision will be provided by the Consultant Psychiatrist for the Peterborough area to whom the post holder will be accountable in conjunction with the Medical Director and the Clinical Director.
Main duties of the job
This appointment is attached to the Learning Disability Services in Peterborough but work timetable will be reviewed annually in the job plan. There is an expectation that the Specialist Registrar and Specialty Doctors (Fenland and Peterborough) will cross cover each other. The post holder will provide medical input to patients of the specialist team under supervision from the designated Consultant Psychiatrists for the Learning Disability Services. The post holder will also provide Inpatient care to the patients admitted to the Hollies.
About us
CPFT is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our BAME & LGBTQ+ communities.
Job responsibilities
Peterborough Team Description
The Trust has developed functional divisions for service provision and learning disability services are part of specialist services division. In this context the post holder will be working for the Peterborough part of the specialist division.
Inpatient services comprise of 10 beds ( currently operating as 6 bedded unit) provided from Hollies The Cavell Centre in Peterborough. The inpatient service works on acute assessment and treatment model with well defined care pathways and was among the first few in the country to receive accreditation from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Peterborough Learning Disability Team is based at Sand Martin House in Peterborough. Learning Disability Community Nurses, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Social Care staff are based there.
Learning Disability Mental Health Services get 60-70 new referrals in a year. The most common reasons for these referrals are; challenging behaviour, mental disorders and epilepsy. We also provide specialist diagnostic assessments for Dementia in the learning disability population.
The Trust has developed functional divisions for service provision and learning disability services are part of specialist services division. In this context the post holder will be working for the Peterborough part of the specialist division.
Inpatient services comprise of 10 beds ( currently operating as 6 bedded unit) provided from Hollies The Cavell Centre in Peterborough. The inpatient service works on acute assessment and treatment model with well defined care pathways and was among the first few in the country to receive accreditation from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Peterborough Learning Disability Team is based at Sand Martin House in Peterborough. Learning Disability Community Nurses, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Social Care staff are based there.
Learning Disability Mental Health Services get 60-70 new referrals in a year. The most common reasons for these referrals are; challenging behaviour, mental disorders and epilepsy. We also provide specialist diagnostic assessments for Dementia in the learning disability population.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* Full GMC registration and licence to practice
* MBBS or equivalent
* MRCPsych or equivalent
* Eligible for approval under Section 12 of the MHA 1983
Entry criteria for the grade
* Completion of at least 4 years' full-time postgraduate training (or it's equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least 2 will be in a specialty training programme in Psychiatry or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty or
* Shall have equivalent experience and competencies
* Proven experience of good working relationships within a multi-disciplinary team
* Psychiatry of learning disability
Experience
* Proven experience of good working relationships
* Experience of multi-disciplinary working
* Psychiatry of leavning disabilities
Skills/Ability/Knowledge
* Knowledge of policy and legislation relating to mental health, particularly for people with learning disability
* Decision making and problem solving skills
* Knowledge of policy and legislation relating to learning disabilities, mental health and social care services.
Qualities/Attributes
* Good interpersonal skills and the ability to foster good inter-team/ interagency working relationships.
* Able to demonstrate initiative and be proactive.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hollies Ward, The Cavell Centre
Edith Cavell Healthcare Campus, Bretton Gate
Edith Cavell Healthcare Campus, Bretton Gate
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