Consultant Psychiatrist – Intellectual & Developmental Disability
Core
Providing specialist psychiatric assessment and management for patients with intellectual disability and/or autism spectrum disorder through a Consultation-Liaison role supporting community and inpatient teams, with a small cohort of direct patient care.
Role type
Specialist Consultant Psychiatrist (Intellectual & Developmental Disability)
Builds
Professional leadership within a multidisciplinary mental health environment; potential to establish private practice.
Domain
Mental Health / Psychiatry
Required skills
Psychiatric assessment, psychiatric management, consultation-liaison, multidisciplinary team leadership, direct patient care
Preferred skills
Private practice establishment, credentialling, local referral network development
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Provide specialist psychiatric assessment and management for patients with intellectual disability and/or autism spectrum disorder; support community and inpatient teams; provide professional leadership within a multidisciplinary mental health environment; potentially establish private practice.
Seniority
Senior, specialist consultant
