Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Abilities
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Skills and Abilities
Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences including courts and tribunals
- Skills and Abilities
To balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole.
- Skills and Abilities
An understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate
- Skills and Abilities
Post holder will need to take initiative and work in a self-directed manner
- Behaviours and Values
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Behaviours and Values
Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Behaviours and Values
Ability to work independently as well as part of A MDT
- Behaviours and Values
Able to form a good working relationship with the peer group
- Behaviours and Values
Willingness to undertake training and CPD in areas appropriate to this post
- Behaviours and Values
Ability to work under pressure
- Behaviours and Values
Willingness to participate in in-house training
- Qualifications/Registration
MRC Pysch or Equivalent
- Qualifications/Registration
Full GMC Registration
- Qualifications/Registration
On specialist Registration CCT in General Adult
- Qualifications/Registration
Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and Abilities
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Skills and Abilities
Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Skills and Abilities
Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Qualifications/Registration
Additional Postgraduate Qualifications
- Qualifications/Registration
Publication of original research
- Qualifications/Registration
Management training
Job overview
- ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN EXCITING NEW OPPORTUNITY?
- 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 role could be for you!
Main duties of the job
The post holder will demonstrate a commitment to clinical excellence and an ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will need to be a born leader and a people person who loves to collaborate and innovate. You need to be MRC psych or equivalent with full registration, licensed and specialist registered or within six months of obtaining your CCT on the date of the Advisory Appointment Committee. The ability to travel to all locations within the Trust is essential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more detailed information regarding the Trust and the role please access the attached Job description.
Applicant requirements
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.
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This advert is for Consultant or Specialist Psychiatrist - Kettering and Corby CMHT with Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Kettering, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £104,401 - £150,569 pa. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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