UCAT South Consultant

UCAT South Consultant – Consultant Psychiatrist

Join Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
, a CQC Outstanding rate organisation, to join the Urgent Care Assessment Team South, based in Northampton.

Welcome Bonus: £40,000 paid over the first two years.

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 per year.

Provide a 24‑hour, seven‑day a week assessment and treatment service for residents of Northamptonshire requiring urgent psychiatric assessment and community‑based treatment.

• Undertake mental health assessments following referrals from recognised sources.
• Act as gatekeeper to acute inpatient care.
• Provide rapid, intensive, flexible interventions to service users, families, and carers.
• Address social issues surrounding crisis from the outset.
• Apply an assertive engagement approach.
• Provide practical problem‑solving support.
• Administer and supervise medication.
• Deliver time‑limited interventions adaptable to varying needs.
• Learn from crisis situations.
• Ensure care is linked to further continuing care.

• Offer an assessment service for residents requiring admission.
• Provide intensive community‑based treatment to reduce need for hospital admission.
• Facilitate early discharge where hospital admission is already required.
• Secure appropriate follow‑up care after acute phase alleviation.
• Integrate fully into the county’s mental health system.

Essential

• MRCPsych or equivalent.
• Full GMC Registration.
• On Specialist Register/CCT in General Adult Psychiatry or eligible for inclusion within six months.
• Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act and able to act as Responsible Clinician.
• Minimum six years postgraduate experience (including three years as SpR in an approved training post).

Desirable

• Additional postgraduate qualifications or endorsements in Rehabilitation Psychiatry.
• Publication of original research.
• Management training.

• In good standing with GMC regarding warnings and conditions.
• Commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a MDT.
• Build good relationships with peers.
• Willingness to undertake relevant training and CPD.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Participation in in‑house training.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; evidence of communicating with patients, colleagues, and staff at all levels.
• Ability to present complex information to diverse audiences, including courts and tribunals.
• Ability to motivate and develop junior medical staff and other MDT members.
• Balance individual requirements against the Directorate and Trust objectives.
• Understand the political and financial framework of services.
• Understand use of security in treatment of psychiatric patients.
• Understand dynamics of working with damaged and disturbed patients.
• Awareness of national agenda for secure psychiatric care and criminal justice.

• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Full‑time
• Job locations:
  Campbell House, Northampton, NN1 3EB
• Reference number: 270-MED
  412-D

This position is part of an inclusive workforce and follows the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure and Barring Service check will be carried out. Skilled‑worker sponsorship is welcomed and will be considered. UK professional registration is required.

• Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
• Campbell House, Northampton, NN1 3EB