Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant Psychiatrist – Lincolnshire and Notts Prisons
The closing date is 02 June 2026
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Consultant Psychiatrist to cover psychiatric needs across HMP Lowdham Grange and HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire. This is a full‑time position, but we welcome applicants interested in part‑time or portfolio careers after retirement.
You will provide mental healthcare to a highly disadvantaged population, working with a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals and neurodiversity experts, and benefiting from a polyclinic model with on‑site GPs, physiotherapy, dentistry, sexual health, opticians, and substance misuse services.
Your base site will be discussed and you will be expected to provide colleague cover in other prisons in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
You can work flexibly to undertake clinical administration, management duties and SPA from home.
Main duties of the job
Deliver trauma‑informed psychiatric care within integrated mental health teams in prisons. Assess, diagnose and treat people with severe mental illness, personality disorders, neurodevelopmental conditions and complex comorbidity, ensuring equivalence of care with community services.
Supervise senior trainees from the regional higher psychiatric training programme in forensic psychiatry, covering Rampton Hospital, Arnold Lodge, Wathwood Medium Secure Unit, Nottingham and Derby low secure and community forensic services.
About us
NHFT is an NHS community and mental health foundation trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services across the county and neighbouring areas. We deliver compassionate, person‑centred care to all patients, regardless of background or circumstances.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning and has achieved an outstanding rating through innovation and workforce development.
Person Specification
Behaviours and Values
* Willing to ensure the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in CPD, training and development programmes.
* Willing to comply with professional codes of practice and maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in psychiatry and mental health through engagement in health and justice networks.
* Reliable and accessible to colleagues within Secured Services, the Medical Directorate, and across NHFT.
* Approachable and able to demonstrate empathy, willingness to listen, open communication and receptivity to feedback.
Knowledge and Experience
* Royal College of Psychiatrists AAC and Section 12 approval.
* Inclusion on (or eligibility for) GMC Specialist Register.
* Approved clinical status.
* Evidence of CPD, appraisal and re‑validation compliance.
* Broad clinical experience and current expertise.
* Ability to provide compassionate, trauma‑informed care in secure settings.
* Prison or forensic psychiatry experience.
* Experience in neurodiversity/ADHD.
Skills and Abilities
* Ability to provide trauma‑informed clinical care, including when faced with challenging behaviour and the constraints of secured settings.
* Can prioritise effectively, work flexibly and respond to change to support patient needs and continuity of psychiatry provision across NHFT Secured Services.
* Excellent interpersonal, communication and compassionate leadership skills.
* Growth mindset and willingness to learn and teach constructively, working within a leadership structure.
* Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and agency services across disciplines.
* Sound judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complexity.
* Can gather and assimilate data from across secured services to support clinical governance and quality improvement of psychiatry provision.
* Can communicate information in a range of formats including one‑to‑one meetings, formal and informal meetings, written reports and electronic communication.
* Ability to work effectively across multiple sites.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosures and Barring Service check for any criminal convictions.
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
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