Main area Consultant Psychiatrist: Learning Disability Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
10 sessions per week (Applications welcome for less than 10 PAs) Job ref 267-OXFCONS-115-D
Employer Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Samuelson House Town Banbury Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2025 23:59 Interview date 17/12/2025
Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disability
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you are Consultant Psychiatrist within Adult Learning Disability seeking an opportunity to join a well-established multi-disciplinary Learning Disability team in Banbury?
You will have access to a specialist LD Pharmacist and support from Non Medical Prescribers.
You will have opportunities to have links with Oxford University and joint venture projects and will join a small specialist LD service with access to speciality doctors, working innovatively within mental health pathways and with mental health colleagues.
We offer:
* £15,000 recruitment bonus (external applicants and terms apply)
* up to £8,000 relocation allowance (subject to terms)
* Strong links to the Deanery and high calibre student-doctor placement service!
Proposed interviews date: 17th December 2025
Main duties of the job
The Consultant will provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the LDT. Medical responsibility for patients usually remains with the GP, except where a medical member of the LDT takes a patient on for continuing treatment. The post holder will have responsibility for those patients seen by himself/herself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by the post holder
You will work alongside the team manager and the other Consultant Psychiatrists in the team to ensure the effective functioning and development of the service
The consultant will provide direct clinical supervision and line management to the trainees and speciality doctors and any senior trainee placed with the team. This will include 1 hour per week clinical supervision for trainees and a pro rata equivalent level of supervision to speciality doctors- in conjunction with other consultants. This will be in line with the trust supervision policy
The consultant will be expected to provide direct clinical care and ensure medical involvement in complex case reviews
Providing timely written correspondence to relevant professionals documenting assessments, on-going management, progress, and eventual discharge using Trust IT and clinical records system – training will be provided where needed. Completion of complex case review documentation when necessary.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
* Excellent opportunities for career progression
* Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
* 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
* NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
* Lease car scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
* Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached JD for more information on the job or please get in contact with the below
Person specification
Qualifications
* Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrist’s Guidelines)
* Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act) Approval
* Higher degree or equivalent in relevant field of medical, psychological or other studies
* Section 12 (Mental Health Act) Approval
Training
* CCT in Learning Disability Psychiatry; OR Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register in psychiatry; OR within six months of achieving CCT in Learning Disability Psychiatry at the time of interview
* Higher specialist training in psychiatry in approved training post for a minimum of three years, equivalent training in another country, or previous consultant experience relevant to this post
* Sub-speciality or other specialist clinical training relevant to post
Skills and Knowledge
* Ability to undertake full range of consultant responsibilities
* Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions
* Ability to understand how organisations work most effectively
* Commitment to active clinical governance
* Ability to promote effective team working
* Capacity to prioritise workload
* Active participation in clinical audit
* Commitment to interagency partnership working
* Must have good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and staff of other organisations. Good spoken and written English.
* Work collaboratively and effectively with a range of professionals.
* Must have interest in and commitment to people with mental health problems, and their carers.
* Experience in supervising and teaching core psychiatric trainees
* Application of research evidence to clinical practice
* Relevant experience of the administrative, management and leadership roles of senior medical staff
* Inter‑agency partnership working and development
* Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching
* Supervision of advanced level trainees
* Research experience and skills
* All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
* Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
* We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
* Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
* We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
* We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
* We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
* Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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