Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: LAS
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Aug 2026 - Feb 2027)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (,)
- Job ref
- 186-53811-KF
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Highbury Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- per annum
- Closing
- 29/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Appointment in Service - Older Adult
NHS Medical & Dental: LAS
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Job overview
Applications are invited from candidates for a 6-month Core Trainee Locum Appointment in Service post in Psychiatry. The post is ideally suited to an individual who has satisfactorily completed Foundation Year 1/2 training and has 4 months psychiatry experience, 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.
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
- F1 & F2 completed
- 4 months minimum in psychiatry
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable criteria
- Additional related qualifications, eg intercalated degree, BSc, BA, BMedSci or equivalent
- Successfully completed the UK Foundation Programme with ARCP Outcome 1 by August 2026
Career Aspiration
Essential criteria
- Mentioned an interest in psychiatry as a career
Professional
Essential criteria
- Full registration GMC with License to Practice
Quality Improvement
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an interest in improving clinical services or training
- Demonstrates an understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence‐based practice, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of publications, presentations or prizes in quality improvement or medical education
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates basic computer literacy, including electronic communication
- Communication skills: demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication o Able to build rapport, listen, persuade and negotiate o Managing others and team involvement: able to work in multi‐professional teams
- Demonstrates problem solving and decision- making skills indicating an analytical approach
- Demonstrates probity displays honesty, integrity, aware of ethical dilemmas, respects confidentiality
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
- Kimberley Folliard
- Job title
- Medical Workforce Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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