Job summary
- Main area
- Adult General Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 270-MED458
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Isebrook Hospital
- Town
- Wellingborough
- Salary
- £100,870 - £111,441 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Specialist Doctor in Adult Psychiatry - East Northants CMHT
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
Job overview
Senior Specialist in General Adult Psychiatry - CMHT
Isebrook Hospital, Wellingborough
- ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN EXCITING NEW OPPORTUNITY?
- WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK FOR A CQC OUTSTANDING TRUST?
- ARE YOU INTERESTED IN HYBRID WORKING?
- WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK FOR A TRUST WHO CARES ABOUT THEIR STAFFS WELLBEING?
- ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A TRUST THAT CAN SUPPORT YOU IN TRAINING TO DEVELOP YOUR CAREER?
If the answer is yes, then this newly created role could be for you!
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide senior medical input to the team
The team is a newly transformed CMHT working to meet the needs of the NHS long term plan
Full time administration support available to support the role
Regular senior medical away days with a focus on well-being
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Behaviours and Values
Essential criteria
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a MDT
- Able to form a good working relationship with the peer group
- Willingness to undertake training and CPD in areas appropriate to this post
- Ability to work under pressure
- Willingness to participate in in-house training
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice
- Approval under Section12 of the Mental Health Act for at least 5 and a half years and practical experience in the use of Mental Health Act
- Good working knowledge of the mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- At least 12 years experience since primary medical qualification, of which least 6 years in adult psychiatry
Desirable criteria
- Additional Postgraduate Qualifications
- Publication of original research
- Management training
- Completed training as Clinical and Educational Supervisor, and experience in supervising medical and non medical colleagues
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels.
- Autonomous clinical practitioner
- Ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences including courts and tribunals
- Ability to motivate and develop other medical colleagues and other MDT members
- To balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole
- An understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Post holder will need to take initiative and work in a self-directed manner.
Desirable criteria
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
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
- Debasish Das Purkayastha
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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