Senior Specialist Doctor in Adult Psychiatry - East Northants CMHT

Senior Specialist Doctor in Adult Psychiatry – East Northants CMHT

Closing date: 02 February 2026

Senior Specialist in General Adult Psychiatry – CMHT

Isebrook Hospital, Wellingborough

• 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

About us

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.

Job 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

• 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

• 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
• 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

• 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.
• 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

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