# Consultant Psychiatrist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North London NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** North London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** St Pancras Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per year
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 24 hours per week (6 programmed activities)
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-15T23:59:59.999Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-30T08:50:41.622Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/North_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychiatry_Forensic_Psychotherapy/Psychiatry_Forensic_Psychotherapy-v8338516
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8338516?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy

6 Programmed Activities, 0900-1700 3 days or flexible of 4 days

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy with excellent clinical, interpersonal, and risk management skills, and who enjoys teaching, training and consulting to a wide range of colleagues, teams, and institutions within health, forensic and social care settings.

Candidates are requested to use the section "Supporting Information" on the application form to set out their reasons for applying and their suitability, referring to the person specification, for this post.

### Main duties of the job

This is a six programmed activity (PA) Consultant Psychiatrist post to provide clinical services and contribute to the consultancy, teaching, and research activities of the Clinic.

Specifically, the post holder will provide assessments, individual and/or group psychotherapy for patients, supervise a psychiatry specialist trainee in forensic psychotherapy, engage in the Clinic’s other teaching and training programmes, offer consultancy to teams and organisations in the forensic field and engage in clinical governance, audit and outcome research.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### 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

**Essential**

- Capacity to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- Good capacity to communicate with colleagues and clients
- Capacity to be in a leadership role

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and other therapeutic modalities
- Experience of working with forensic patients
- Experience of working with professional networks
- Experience of audit and outcome monitoring
- Experience of teaching and supervision

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

**Desirable**

- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Inclusion on The GMC's Specialist Register, or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of award of CCT
- Section 12 Approval

## Documents

- [functional requirements (pdf, 256.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10662750)
- [jdps consultant psychiatrist - forensic psychotherapy (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10662749)

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