HCRG Care Group

Consultant Psychiatrist (Learning Disabilities & Autism)

The closing date is 30 November 2025

Job summary

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist seeking your next opportunity as adynamic clinical leader in Learning Disabilities Psychiatry? Are you dedicated, compassionate, and committed to delivering outstanding mental health services? If so, we would love to hear from you!

HCRG Care Group are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist who shares our vision for high-quality, person-centred care for adults with a learning disability in Wiltshire.

You will join a supportive and established team of two Consultant Psychiatrists, working closely with the local Community Learning Disability Team, which includes Psychology and an Intensive Support Service for people with learning disabilities. Together, the team provides specialist psychiatric input across Wiltshire, contributing to safe, effective, and compassionate care.

You will become part of the wider Learning Disability Consultant network, a highly supportive group that meets monthly to focus on service development and continuous improvement and twice monthly for academic meetings and shared learning

The post also benefits from strong connections with local generic psychiatry networks, promoting collaboration and professional growth.

Main duties of the job

What We Offer:

  • Flexible timetable options to support work-life balance and personalised job planning

  • A dedicated office, full secretarial support, and robust IT access, including facilities for remote working

  • The opportunity to help shape innovative, high-quality mental health services for adults with learning disabilities

Main Duties

The post holder will provide clinical leadership and psychiatric input to adults with a learning disability living in the West Wiltshire location.

There will be a requirement to liaise with and provide advice to inpatient mental health services and a specialist LDA unit.

You will work closely with the Local Authority and ICS partners, ensuring liaison and collaborative working, as well as the delivery of evidence based and effective treatment.

We are committed to your ongoing CPD, seeking to optimise your talents and enable you to achieve your career aspirations. The organisation will support the development of your areas of subspecialties and special interest and provide opportunities for you to share your expertise across areas.

*Full Job Description currently under review*

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Details

Date posted

21 November 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£93,666 to £126,281 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/40134/17671

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP4 7AL


Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disabilities, you'll be part of our valued Learning Disabilities and Autism team in our BSW service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

  • Salary of £93,666 - £121,281 per annum depending on experience (Consultant Payscale)
  • NHS Pension!
  • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
  • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
  • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
  • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
  • An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
  • The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
  • Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

The Ideal Candidate

  • Registered professional with current registration (GMC)
  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of gaining CCT
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • Knowledge and evidence of participation in CPD
  • Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement
  • To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disabilities, you'll be part of our valued Learning Disabilities and Autism team in our BSW service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

  • Salary of £93,666 - £121,281 per annum depending on experience (Consultant Payscale)
  • NHS Pension!
  • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
  • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
  • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
  • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
  • An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
  • The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
  • Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

The Ideal Candidate

  • Registered professional with current registration (GMC)
  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of gaining CCT
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • Knowledge and evidence of participation in CPD
  • Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement
  • To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

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Desirable

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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.

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP4 7AL


Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP4 7AL


Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruiter

Recruitment Team

ask.hr@hcrgcaregroup.com

03002471122

Details

Date posted

21 November 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£93,666 to £126,281 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/40134/17671

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP4 7AL


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