Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: LAS MT03-MT04
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (FT)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 186-3564-VB
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Highbury Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- per annum
- Closing
- 26/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Appointment in Service
NHS Medical & Dental: LAS MT03-MT04
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Job overview
Applications are invited from candidates for a 6-month Locum Appointment in Service post in Psychiatry based at The Willows, Highbury Hospital, Nottingham. The Willows is a PICU.
The post is ideally suited to an individual who has satisfactorily completed Foundation Year 1 & 2 training or has the equivalent psychiatry experience (4 months minimum), and is considering a career in Psychiatry.
All applicants must hold full registration and license with the General Medical Council.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be working with a team that may consist of Consultants, Specialty Doctors, Trust Doctors, Higher Specialty Trainees, Core Trainees, GP Trainees and Foundation Trainees. The post will have a generic clinical component in the relevant area. The post holder will have the relevant experience in psychiatry, required for the level of the trainee vacancy, including the assessment and management of acutely unwell psychiatric patients, provide essential medical care, assessing patient history and mental state, outpatient clinics, ward cover, in-patient reviews and procedures, audit and research.
There are no on call commitments attached to the post however the LAS can partake in the junior doctor rota on a locum basis where there are opportunities.
Working for our organisation
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.
We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.
Do you want to make a difference?
Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?
Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people – our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To agree a contract of employment
· To comply with all GMC regulations as laid out in ‘Good Medical Practice’
· The post holder will be expected to work as a professional, training within a multidisciplinary team, acknowledging different values and prospectives
· To observe the Trust’s agreed policies and procedures
· To take responsibility for your own health and safety, complying with any safe working arrangements, policies and procedures which are in place
· To comply with the Trust’s requirements of appraisals
· To complete the Trust and local induction as part of the onboarding process
· To work appropriately and effectively within your clinical team within the limits of your competency under clinical supervision
· In conjunction with colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met and to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate
· To accept a duty to other staff and patients to ensure that any risks, incidents and hazards are reported and managed appropriately
· To ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times and that data belonging to the Trust is protected
All employees must comply with infection prevention and control mandatory training requirements specific to their role
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Full registration GMC with License to Practice
- 4 month psychiatry experience
Desirable criteria
- Additional related qualifications
- Successfully completed the UK Foundation Programme with ARCP Outcome 1 by August 2023
- Publications or conference presentations
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates problem solving and decision- making skills indicating an analytical approach
- Communication skills: demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication
- Demonstrates basic computer literacy, including electronic communication
Desirable criteria
- Writing experience
- Peer reviewed publications
- Completed projects demonstrating information technology skills
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
- Rebecca Keating
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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