Locum Appointment in Service - Wathwood

Nhs-1; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a 4-month Core Trainee Locum Appointment in Service in Psychiatry, based at Arnold Lodge, Leicester. You should have completed Foundation Year 1/2 and possess 4 months psychiatry experience, with full GMC registration.

The role involves working within a multidisciplinary team, handling clinical governance, audits and research while providing essential medical care and psychiatric assessments across inpatient and outpatient

Qualifications

• Successfully completed UK Foundation Programme with ARCP outcome.
• Minimum 4 months in psychiatry.
• Full GMC Registration required.
• Interest in psychiatry as a career.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage acutely unwell psychiatric patients.
• Provide essential medical care and take patient history and mental state assessments.
• Involve outpatient clinics, ward cover, in-patient reviews and procedures.
• Participate in audit and research within the team.

Skills

Clinical assessment

In-patient care

Audit & research

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Foundation Year 1/2 completed

GMC Registration

4 months psychiatry experience

Job description

Main area Psychiatry Grade NHS Medical & Dental: LAS Contract Fixed term: 4 months (Oct 2026 - Feb 2027) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (.) Job ref AL052-KF

Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Arnold Lodge Town Leicester Salary per annum Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

Locum Appointment in Service - Wathwood

NHS Medical & Dental: LAS

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Job overview

Applications are invited from candidates for a 4-month Core Trainee Locum Appointment in Service post in Psychiatry. The post is 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?

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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

• Successfully completed the UK Foundation Programme with ARCP Outcome
• 4 months minimum in psychiatry
• Full GMC Registration
• Additional related qualifications, eg intercalated degree, BSc, BA, BMedSci or equivalent
• Mentioned an interest in psychiatry as a career

Additional Information

• We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
• The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
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• For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.