Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 6 months (fixed term)
- Hours
- Part time - 24 hours per week (6 PAs)
- Job ref
- 186-00021-VB
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Highbury Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in GA Psychiatry - City Central & Broxtowe & Hucknall LMHT
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Job overview
Consultant Psychiatrist
Location: Nottinghamshire
Salary: Consultant Pay Scale (pro rata)
Contract: Fixed Term | Part-Time
DBS: Enhanced – £54.40 (deducted from salary)
Royal College Approval: Pending
Join #TeamNottsHC and help shape the future of mental health care. We’re seeking a passionate Consultant Psychiatrist to join our City Central and Broxtowe & Hucknall Local Mental Health Teams (LMHTs). This fixed-term, part-time role offers a unique opportunity to make a real difference across two diverse communities.
You’ll provide expert psychiatric care, lead multidisciplinary teams, and support patients on the psychosis pathway. Your role will include clinical assessments, urgent care, CPA reviews, and supervision of junior staff. You’ll also contribute to service development and community engagement.
We’re looking for someone with full GMC registration, Section 12 approval, and experience in community psychiatry. Strong leadership and a commitment to patient-centred care are essential.
At Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a supportive, inclusive culture, flexible working, and excellent CPD opportunities.
Apply now via NHS Jobs and be part of a team that’s transforming lives every day.
📧 For more info, contact: Victoria Baldock, Medical Staffing Specialist
📍 Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
📧 [email protected]
#MakeADifference with Nottinghamshire Healthcare
Main duties of the job
The main focus of the role will include the psychiatric assessment of patients referred to the service related to patients in the psychosis pathway, management of patients within the recovery model, Mental Health Act work (Section 12), day on-call duty rota (this will be based on a pro rata and on average 3 to 4 times a month for emergency work only), CPA reviews, urgent assessments, cover for colleagues when on leave and working within the multidisciplinary team supporting other members of the team. There will be an emphasis on providing leadership and consultancy to the team. This will include support of multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss complex cases. The consultant will be assessing patients in clinic and often in the community in their own homes. All the patients on the case load will have CCO’s.
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to:
- Provide high quality clinical leadership, meeting the needs of service users, carers, GPs and commissioners.
- Provide a comprehensive Early Intervention and Rehabilitation & Recovery aspects of the community mental health team.
- Work with other teams within and outside of the AMH directorate to implement care pathways and clinical strategy to improve access to interventions, improve outcomes and make best use of resources.
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Hold approval under S12 Mental Health Act and be authorised to act as an Approved Clinician.
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Hold membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (or equivalent)
- Provide out of hour’s on-call responsibilities which consist of participating in the consultant duty roster. For this post the roster is presently 1:18 including general psychiatry and old age consultants.
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Participate in the clinical governance framework in the LMHT and the wider Trust.
- Supervise junior medical colleagues and support staff.
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Ensure excellence in the provision of medical and psychiatric assessments to all referred patients to the service. To deliver evidence-based treatments
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Desirable criteria
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Additional clinical qualifications.
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Desirable criteria
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sophia Senthil
- Job title
- Deputy Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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