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Job overview
Applications are invited from candidates for a 6-month Core Trainee Locum Appointment in Service post in Psychiatry. The post is ideally suited to an individual who has satisfactorily completed Foundation Year 1/2 training and has 4 months psychiatry experience, and is considering a career in Psychiatry.
All applicants must hold full registration and license with the General Medical Council.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be working with a team that may consist of Consultants, Specialty Doctors, Trust Doctors, Higher Specialty Trainees, Core Trainees, GP Trainees and Foundation Trainees. The post will have a generic clinical component in the relevant area. The post holder will have the relevant experience in psychiatry, required for the level of the trainee vacancy, including the assessment and management of acutely unwell psychiatric patients, provide essential medical care, assessing patient history and mental state, outpatient clinics, ward cover, in-patient reviews and procedures, audit and research.
This post includes being apart of the first on call resident rota.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To agree a contract of employment
- To comply with all GMC regulations as laid out in ‘Good Medical Practice’
- The post holder will be expected to work as a professional, training within a multidisciplinary team, acknowledging different values and prospectives
- To observe the Trust’s agreed policies and procedures
- To take responsibility for your own health and safety, complying with any safe working arrangements, policies and procedures which are in place
- To comply with the Trust’s requirements of appraisals
- To complete the Trust and local induction as part of the onboarding process
- To work appropriately and effectively within your clinical team within the limits of your competency under clinical supervision
- In conjunction with colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met and to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate
- To accept a duty to other staff and patients to ensure that any risks, incidents and hazards are reported and managed appropriately
- To ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times and that data belonging to the Trust is protected
All employees must comply with infection prevention and control mandatory training requirements specific to their role
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- F1 & F2 completed
- 4 months minimum in psychiatry
Career Aspiration
Essential
- Mentioned an interest in psychiatry as a career
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This advert is for Locum Appointment in Service - Wathwood with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Nottingham, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Junior Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 6 months (Aug 2026 - Feb 2027). The application deadline is 13 Jul 2026.
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