This post is a Specialty Doctor level psychiatrist role within the Manchester Community Adult Learning Disability (CALD) Service, delivering expert psychiatric care to adults with learning disabilities and complex needs in community settings. The role combines advanced clinical practice, legal responsibilities, and clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary framework. It involves a strong balance of clinical complexity, statutory responsibility, and system leadership, supporting some of Manchester’s most vulnerable adults while driving safe, effective, and compassionate learning disability services across the community.

Responsibilities

• To undertake specialist comprehensive psychiatric assessment for individuals with intellectual disabilities, often involving complex co-morbidities such as Autism, ADHD, and Epilepsy.


• To develop best practice treatment formulations and oversee holistic management plans that include pharmacological (...