Consultant in GA Psychiatry - City North LMHT Golden Hello

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for a full-time, permanent position within the City North Local Mental Health Team. The role involves clinical leadership and patient management, requiring strong qualifications including MB BS and MRCPsych. Join us to make a meaningful difference in mental health care delivery in Nottingham.

Benefits

Golden Hello payment of 20%

In-house occupational health services

Health and Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Clinical leadership experience in mental health services.
• Strong understanding of medicolegal frameworks and responsibilities.
• Ability to manage complex cases and work collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage new and existing patients.
• Participate in on-call rotas and MDT meetings.
• Provide consultancy and leadership to the mental health team.

Skills

Leadership

Patient assessment

Clinical management

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

MRCPsych or equivalent

Fully registered with the GMC

Job description

Overview

Consultant Psychiatrist - City North LMHT (10 PAs, Full-Time, Permanent). We are seeking a dedicated Consultant Psychiatrist to join our City North Local Mental Health Team. This is a full-time, permanent position offering a dynamic and rewarding opportunity to lead and shape mental health care delivery.

The closing date is 05 October 2025.

Golden Hello payment of 20% of the minimum point on the National Consultant (2003) contract is available.

You will play a key role in patient assessment and management, GP liaison, MDT meetings, and medicolegal work (MHA/Sec 12). The post includes clinical leadership, supervision, and participation in the day duty on-call rota. You\u2019ll contribute to service transformation and work collaboratively across multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams.

The Trust is part of the North School of Psychiatry, East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery. Our Director of Medical Education is Dr Kehinde Junaid, and the Head of School is Dr Debasis Das.

DBS Notice: Applicants must pay for their DBS check (£26.40 standard / £54.40 enhanced), deducted from salary over two months. Annual DBS Update Service fee is £16.

Join us in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care and making a real difference in our community.

Main duties of the job

• The focus of the role will include the assessment and management of new and existing patients, GP liaison, MDT meetings, medicolegal work (MHA/ Sec 12) and participation in on-call rotas. There will be an emphasis on providing leadership and consultancy to the team and contribute to the transformation programme.

About us

#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.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire\u2019s 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.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Job responsibilities

• The number of new medical assessment does vary. The locality team will receive up to 25 referrals per week, most taken on by service and most seen by service unless there was a specific medical need as the first assessment. For community posts, numbers of referrals, team meetings, supervision of team members.
• Management of complex cases.
• Clinical leadership of team, engagement with MDT and RAMM.
• Role in assessment of referrals/admissions.
• Care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.
• Liaison and collaborative working with other services/agencies/colleagues.
• Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working.
• Day duty on-call rota

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• 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
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

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.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust