# Consultant Psychiatrist for Adult ADHD, ASD and Tourette's

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** St Mary's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 pa pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 8 sessions per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-27T09:01:08.062Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Kettering/Northamptonshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychiatry/Psychiatry-v8258456
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8258456?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nhft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We have a new opportunity at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist to work in out Adult ADHD, Autism and Tourette's team.

### Main duties of the job

The Adult ADHD, Autism and Tourette’s Team (AAATT Team) offers highly specialised diagnostic assessments and interventions for adults with Asperger's Syndrome, Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Tourette's Syndrome. This is a newly developed post to expand the multi-disciplinary representation within the team and support implementation of forthcoming national directives around service delivery.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding this post please see the attached job description or contact the service.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Skills and Abilities

**Essential**

- - Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- - Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels.
- - Ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences including courts and tribunals
- - Ability to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff 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.

**Desirable**

- - 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

### Behaviours and Values

**Essential**

- - 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

**Essential**

- - Full GMC Registration
- - MBBS or equivalent

**Desirable**

- - Additional higher medical/scientific qualification relevant to the specialty
- - GMC Specialist Registration or commitment to obtain via CESR application.
- - S12 registered
- - MRCPsych

## Documents

- [aaatt consultant (pdf, 776.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10571854)
- [your guide to nhft (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3047)

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