• Job Description

  Req#: C9270-25-0383?language=en&page=64&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, a CQC Outstanding rate organisation, is looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our fantastic Urgent Care Assessment Team for the South of the county, based in Northampton

  We are offering a £40,000 welcome bonus to the successful candidate, paid over the course of your first two years in post.

  For further information on the benefits package and joining the Trust, please refer to the attached Candidate Pack.

  Main duties of the job

  • 24 hour - seven days a week service. UCAT will undertake mental health assessments following referrals from recognised sources (as per operational policy) and will respond to the needs of the home treatment caseload
  • Act as gatekeeper to acute inpatient care
  • Rapid response following referral to UCAT - intensive, flexible interventions provided to service user, family and carers
  • Address the social issues surrounding crisis right from the beginning
  • Assertive approach to engagement
  • Provide practical problem solving help
  • To administer and supervise medication
  • Time limited intervention that has sufficient flexibility to respond to differing service users needs
  • Learning from crisis
  • Ensure that service users care is linked up to further continuing care

  About us

  Our core strategy is to be an employer of choice, a great place to work and be known for a diverse and inclusive culture whose staff feel valued. We provide a range of NHS services including physical, mental health and specialty services provided in hospital settings and out in the community within schools, GP clinics and patients own homes.

  Details

  Date posted

  05 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Consultant

  Salary

  £105,504 to £139,882 a year pa

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  270-MED412

  Job locations

  Campbell House

  Northampton

  NN1 3EB

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The primary objectives of the UCAT are to:

  Offer an assessment service for residents of Northamptonshire who, immediately prior to the Teams involvement, have been assessed as requiring admission to hospital;

  Provide intensive community-based treatment to clients in the acute phase of mental illness, thus diminishing the need for hospital admission;

  Facilitate early discharge from hospital where hospital admission has already been necessary;

  Secure appropriate follow-up care for the client once the alleviation of the acute phase of mental illness has occurred;

  Be fully integrated into the Northamptonshire mental health systems and the community as a whole.

  For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading or contact Medical Workforce. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The primary objectives of the UCAT are to:

  Offer an assessment service for residents of Northamptonshire who, immediately prior to the Teams involvement, have been assessed as requiring admission to hospital;

  Provide intensive community-based treatment to clients in the acute phase of mental illness, thus diminishing the need for hospital admission;

  Facilitate early discharge from hospital where hospital admission has already been necessary;

  Secure appropriate follow-up care for the client once the alleviation of the acute phase of mental illness has occurred;

  Be fully integrated into the Northamptonshire mental health systems and the community as a whole.

  For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading or contact Medical Workforce. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

  Person Specification

  Knowledge and Experience

  Essential

  • oMRCPsych or equivalent
  • oFull GMC Registration
  • oOn Specialist Register/CCT in General Adult Psychiatry or eligible for inclusion within six months.
  • oApproval under Section12 of the Mental Health Act and able to act as Responsible Clinician.
  • oMinimum of six years postgraduate experience (including three years as SpR in approved training post) or equivalent
  • oPart of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training.

  Desirable

  • oAdditional Postgraduate Qualifications / endorsement in Rehab Psychiatry
  • oPublication of original research
  • oManagement training

  Behaviours and Values

  Essential

  • oIn good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
  • oDemonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
  • oAbility to work independently as well as part of A MDT
  • oAble to form a good working relationship with the peer group
  • oWillingness to undertake training and CPD in areas appropriate to this post
  • oAbility to work under pressure
  • oWillingness to participate in in-house training

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • oExcellent written and verbal communication skills Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels.
  • oAbility to present complex information to a variety of audiences including courts and tribunals
  • oAbility to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff and other MDT members
  • oTo balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole.
  • oAn understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate
  • oAbility to work independently as well as part of A MDT.
  • oAn understanding of the use of security in the treatment of psychiatric patients.
  • oAn understanding of the dynamics of working with damaged and disturbed patients.
  • oAwareness of the national agenda for secure psychiatric care and criminal justice.

  Person Specification

  Knowledge and Experience

  Essential

  • oMRCPsych or equivalent
  • oFull GMC Registration
  • oOn Specialist Register/CCT in General Adult Psychiatry or eligible for inclusion within six months.
  • oApproval under Section12 of the Mental Health Act and able to act as Responsible Clinician.
  • oMinimum of six years postgraduate experience (including three years as SpR in approved training post) or equivalent
  • oPart of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training.

  Desirable

  • oAdditional Postgraduate Qualifications / endorsement in Rehab Psychiatry
  • oPublication of original research
  • oManagement training

  Behaviours and Values

  Essential

  • oIn good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
  • oDemonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
  • oAbility to work independently as well as part of A MDT
  • oAble to form a good working relationship with the peer group
  • oWillingness to undertake training and CPD in areas appropriate to this post
  • oAbility to work under pressure
  • oWillingness to participate in in-house training

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • oExcellent written and verbal communication skills Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels.
  • oAbility to present complex information to a variety of audiences including courts and tribunals
  • oAbility to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff and other MDT members
  • oTo balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole.
  • oAn understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate
  • oAbility to work independently as well as part of A MDT.
  • oAn understanding of the use of security in the treatment of psychiatric patients.
  • oAn understanding of the dynamics of working with damaged and disturbed patients.
  • oAwareness of the national agenda for secure psychiatric care and criminal justice.

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

  Address

  Campbell House

  Northampton

  NN1 3EB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

  Address

  Campbell House

  Northampton

  NN1 3EB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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