Consultant in GA Psychiatry - North LMHT + Golden

Consultant in GA Psychiatry - City North LMHT + Golden Hello

The closing date is 05 April 2026

Consultant Psychiatrist - City North LMHT

Full-Time | Permanent | 10 PAs

Golden Hello: 20% of the minimum point on the National Consultant (2003) contract

Are you ready to make a real difference in mental health care? Join #TeamNottsHC
, one of the largest and most respected mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands, as a Consultant Psychiatrist within our City North Local Mental Health Team
.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead, innovate, and shape the future of mental health services. You'll work at the heart of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, providing expert clinical leadership and delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to our community.

• Golden Hello payment to welcome you on board.
• Strong links to the North School of Psychiatry and East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery
  .
• Opportunities for professional development and service transformation.
• Access to staff networks promoting Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
  , Health & Wellbeing
  , and sustainability initiatives.

Ready to take the next step? For informal discussions or visits, contact:
Sophia Senthil, Deputy Clinical Director s

Your Role

• Lead on patient assessment and management.
• Provide consultancy and clinical leadership to the team.
• Engage in GP liaison, MDT meetings, and medicolegal work (MHA/Sec 12).
• Participate in the day duty on-call rota.
• Drive service transformation and collaborative working across agencies.

#TeamNotts

HC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net‑zero commitment.

• The number of new medical assessment does vary. The locality team will receive up to 25 referrals per week, most taken on by service and most seen by service unless there was a specific medical need as the first assessment. For community posts, numbers of referrals, team meetings, supervision of team members.
• Management of complex cases.
• Clinical leadership of team, engagement with MDT and RAMM.
• Role in assessment of referrals/admissions.
• Care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.
• Liaison and collaborative working with other services/agencies/colleagues.
• Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working.
• Day duty on-call rota

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.