Consultant Psychiatrist - Lowdham Grange/Ranby

NHS; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 110,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is recruiting a Consultant Psychiatrist to cover psychiatric needs across HMP Lowdham Grange and HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire. The post involves working within a multidisciplinary team in secure settings, with flexibility for admin, management duties, and remote SPA as needed.

The role includes supervising senior trainees and delivering high-quality, trauma-informed care, with the potential to work across multiple sites and participate in a

Qualifications

• Provide trauma-informed psychiatric care in secure settings.
• Supervise trainees in forensic psychiatry across regional units.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including psychologists and GPs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver assessment, diagnosis and treatment for high-need patients in prisons.
• Support clinical governance and quality improvement across NHFT Secured Services.
• Coordinate care with partner services across Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire prisons.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Flexibility

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Collaborative across sites

Education

GMC Specialist Register eligibility

AAC (Royal College of Psychiatrists)

Job description

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist - Lowdham Grange/Ranby

The closing date is 24 September 2026

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Consultant Psychiatrist to cover psychiatric needs across HMP Lowdham Grange and HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire. This is a full time job but we would welcome interest from those interested in working part time including those who are considering retirement from their current positions in order to take up a portfolio career to suite their post-retirement needs and interests.

If you are keen to provide mental healthcare to arguably one of the most disadvantaged and mentally disordered population in the country, then this job is for you. You will be working with a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals including counsellors and psychologists and those with expertise in neurodiversity. You would also have the advantage of working in a polyclinic model with on-site fellow healthcare professionals such as GPs, physiotherapy, dentistry, sexual health, opticians as well as Substance Misuse services.

If successful, your preferred base will be discussed with you, with the expectation to provide colleague cover in other sites in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire prisons.

You will have the option to work flexibly to undertake clinical administration, management duties and SPA from home.

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality, trauma informed psychiatric care within integrated mental health teams in prisons. The post holder will deliver assessment, diagnosis and treatment of people with severe mental illness, personality disorders, neurodevelopmental conditions and complex comorbidity in custodial settings, ensuring equivalence of care with community services.

You will also have the opportunity to supervise senior trainees from the regional higher psychiatric training programme in Forensic Psychiatry covering Rampton Hospital, Arnold Lodge and Wathwood Medium secure units and Nottingham as well as Derby low secure and community forensic services.

About us

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

Job responsibilities

For more details about these roles please see the attached job description or alternatively contact the service

Behaviours and Values

• oWilling to ensure the development, maintenance, and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD, training and development programmes.
• oWilling to comply with professional codes of practice and maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to psychiatry and wider mental health through engagement in health and justice clinical networks and communities of practice
• oReliable and accessible to colleagues within Secured Services, the Medical Directorate, and across NHFT.
• oApproachable and able to demonstrate empathy, a willingness to listen to the views of colleagues, an open communication style, and receptivity to feedback.

Knowledge and Experience

• oRoyal College of Psychiatrists AAC and Section 12 approval
• oInclusion on (or eligibility for) GMC Specialist Register
• oApproved Clinical status
• oEvidence of CPD, Appraisal and re-validation compliance
• oBroad clinical experience and current clinical expertise
• oAbility to provide compassionate, trauma informed care in secure settings
• Prison or forensic psychiatry experience
• Experience in neurodiversity / ADHD

Skills and Abilities

• oThe ability to provide trauma-informed clinical care, including when faced with challenging behaviour and the constraints of secured settings.
• oThe ability to prioritize effectively, to work in a flexible way, and to respond to change to support the needs of patients and continuity of psychiatry provision across NHFT Secured Services
• oExcellent interpersonal, communication, and compassionate leadership skills
• oA growth mindset and willingness to learn and teach in a constructive manner, taking on board the ideas of others and working within a leadership structure.
• oThe ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues including those working for subcontracted services and across other disciplines.
• oSound judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complexity
• oThe ability to gather and assimilate data from across secured services to support effective clinical governance and quality improvement of psychiatry service provision
• oThe ability to communicate information in a range of formats including one-to-one meetings, formal and informal meetings, written reports and electronic communication including small databases.
• oAbility to work effectively across multiple sites.

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.

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust