# 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
- **Town:** Kettering
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 pa pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-22T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-08T15:42:25.747Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Kettering/Northamptonshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychiatry/Psychiatry-v7776200
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7776200?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.

## 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=10134046)
- [your guide to nhft (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3047)

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