Job overview Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) is rated as an outstandingly well-led Trust by the CQC and is committed to innovation and transformation. To bolster our efforts and continue to provide high quality, patient focussed services, we are seeking 1 Locum Appointment in Service (LAS) Doctors to join our services. We are looking for a doctor who is passionate and committed to the development of psychiatry and who has evidence of achievement commensurate with the completion of FY trainee level. The role are full-time at 40 hours per week, as part of a 4-month fixed term contract. This post runs in line with resident doctor rotations and is planned to fill a vacancy from 3rd December 2025 - 2nd April 2026. This post is for an immediate start pending employment checks. The successful candidate is required to hold a right to work in the UK. Please note that this advert will be closed upon receiving sufficient applications. Advert · Undertake clinical assessment of in-patients with acute mental health problems · Work closely with ward staff, mainly nursing staff, in observing patients in the ward environment and comparing notes. · Examination of the patient will include not only the mental state but the patient’s physical state as well, including the carrying out of any relevant investigations such as blood tests or scans. · Inpatient ward reviews is fundamentally a team effort and the trainee will be an integral part of that team. The trainee will be expected to demonstrate the ability and skills to work productively with the various team members and, as part of this, to be able to collate the information available to various team members regarding individual patients. This will be assessed through bi-annual Mini-PAT assessments. · The post holder will be expected to lead during the weekly ward rounds, having collected and collated the relevant information, and to present the case in a manner that is understandable by all team members. The trainee will be expected to include other team members in the subsequent discussions. All this will be done under the supervision of the Consultant. Working for our organisation Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the principal provider of NHS mental health services, as well as providing some learning disability, autism, and social care services across the county. We were one of the first foundation trusts to be established in the country. The Trust has an annual income of approximately £120m with around 2,800 staff spread across the 40 locations. The Trust cares for around 53,000 patients a year and has around 200 inpatient beds across the Trust. The Trust has an active and successful research department. We deliver an impressive portfolio of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) clinical trials across the county, covering all areas of clinical care. A team of NIHR funded delivery staff support this work. The Trust has established a strong track record for delivery of industry trials and was highly praised by CQC for our commitment to dementia research. We are a partner organisation of NIHR Clinical Research Network East Midlands (CRN EM) and the Lincoln Institute for Health, University of Lincoln. Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more information for this role, please see the attached job description and person specification for this role. We are leading the way with mental health transformation projects. Multi-million-pound schemes to transform patient environments and radically redesign community services are currently underway, as part of our commitment to reshaping the future of mental healthcare. We believe the key to high quality patient care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in the Care Quality Commission rating us as ‘outstanding’ for well led and ‘good’ overall, and 75% of our staff recommending us as a place to work. We offer options for flexible working and provide development pathways and opportunities. We have a proud partnership with the University of Lincoln and the Lincoln Medical School, which has expanded our academic offerings to nurture talent across the Trust. We are committed to ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels. We are currently under-represented particularly at senior leadership level, so we welcome applications from women, people with disabilities, people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, and those from the LGBT communities. We support and celebrate diversity. We have active staff network groups for Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff, Lesbian Gay Bi Trans (LGBT) staff, staff with Mental and Physical Lived Experience (MAPLE) and our dedicated staff groups for men and women. We are a Silver Standard Employer with ENEI, were in the top 100 organisations in the country within the Stonewall Index (in 2019), and have been a finalist for the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Mental Health Trust of the Year Award two years in a row. We offer 24-hour services within our Inpatient, Crisis and SPA teams, if you are successfully appointed to posts in these areas or others that might have specified, you will be required to work unsociable hours and shift patterns.