Job requirements
Essential
19 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
Ability to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff and other MDT members
- 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
Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- 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
- Experience and Knowledge
MRCPsych
- Experience and Knowledge
Full GMC Registration
- Experience and Knowledge
On Specialist Register/CCT in General Adult Psychiatry or eligible for inclusion within six months.
- Experience and Knowledge
Approval under Section12 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
- Experience and Knowledge
Additional Postgraduate Qualifications
- Experience and Knowledge
Publication of original research
- Experience and Knowledge
Management training
Job overview
Consultant Psychiatrist - Male Adult Inpatients , based at St Mary's Hospital in Kettering, Northamptonshire
Avocet ward is a 16 bedded male only inpatient ward and this post will require assessment and management of a wide range of psychiatric presentations.
RC/AC status and section 12 required for this role.
We are offering a £40,000 welcome bonus to the successful candidate, paid over the course of your first two years in post.
Main duties of the job
The ward takes direct new admissions of a range of presentations. You will be supported in this role by range of junior doctors ( FY2 and GPVTS) and it is expected you will have regular dialogue with the two consultant psychiatrists on other two adult inpatient wards onsite. The Welland centre is a modern stand alone 4 ward psychiatric inpatient unit and is staffed by a MDT including nursing staff, occupational therapists and psychologists. Cross cover will be provided by both inpatient and outpatient consultant colleagues on a rotational basis as is the system currently.
Detailed job description and main 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, or contact the team via Medical Workforce.
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 Psychiatrist - Avocet Ward Adult Inpatients with Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Kettering, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 05 Oct 2026.
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