# Forensic Inpatient Consultant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/forensic-inpatient-consultant/2981f0cf-fbd8-4b72-a3c0-b7c330175d05 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/forensic-inpatient-consultant/2981f0cf-fbd8-4b72-a3c0-b7c330175d05.md ## 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:** Fixed term: 12 months (12 months cover) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T14:30:58.650Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Northampton/Northamptonshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Forensics/Forensics-v8056518 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8056518?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The service provides opportunity for a patient pathway through services for male patients who have been identified with major and complex mental health needs requiring treatment in a low secure environment.  Referrals are received countywide from acute psychiatric services, community mental health teams and other secure services/prisons throughout the country.  The client demographic is adult males 18 – 65 and will include people who are subject to Part 3 of the Mental Health Act, including Restricted patients. Wheatfield unit has a close working relationship with the adjacent ward, Meadowbank and PICU. ### Main duties of the job - Provide clinical leadership to the team and take clinical responsibility for the assessment and treatment of patients as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team. - Undertake clinical sessions at a prison and attend to all relevant matters there as a senior clinician and leader within that service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details please see the attached Job description or contact the team via Medical Workforce using the email below ## Job Details The service provides opportunity for a patient pathway through services for male patients who have been identified with major and complex mental health needs requiring treatment in a low secure environment. Referrals are received countywide from acute psychiatric services, community mental health teams and other secure services/prisons throughout the country. The client demographic is adult males 18 – 65 and will include people who are subject to Part 3 of the Mental Health Act, including Restricted patients. Wheatfield unit has a close working relationship with the adjacent ward, Meadowbank and PICU. ## Job Description Provide clinical leadership to the team and take clinical responsibility for the assessment and treatment of patients as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team. Undertake clinical sessions at a prison and attend to all relevant matters there as a senior clinician and leader within that service. ## Responsibilities For full details please see the attached Job description or contact the team via Medical Workforce using the email below ## Person Specification ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - - MRCPsych or equivalent - - Full GMC Registration - - On Specialist Register/CCT in Forensic - - Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry with appropriate forensic experience (eg.one year forensic attachment as higher trainee) or eligible for inclusion within six months. - - Minimum of six years postgraduate experience (including three years as SpR in approved training post) or equivalent - - Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training. - - Approval under Section12 of the Mental Health Act **Desirable** - - Additional Postgraduate Qualifications - - Publication of original research Management training ### Values, Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - - Excellent written and verbal communication skills and 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 - - An understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate - - Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA - - An understanding of the use of security in the treatment of psychiatric patients - - An understanding of the dynamics of working with damaged and disturbed patients. - - Awareness of the national agenda for secure psychiatric care and criminal justice. **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 ## Documents - [benefits (pdf, 570.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2078) - [forensic inpatient con (pdf, 760.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10346384) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.