Job summary
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 job but we would welcome interest from those interested in working part time including those who are considering retirement from their current positions in order to take up a portfolio career to suite their post-retirement needs and interests.

If you are keen to provide mental healthcare to arguably one of the most disadvantaged and mentally disordered population in the country, then this job is for you. You will be working with a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals including counsellors and psychologists and those with expertise in neurodiversity. You would also have the advantage of working in a polyclinic model with on-site fellow healthcare professionals such as GPs, physiotherapy, dentistry, sexual health, opticians as well as Substance Misuse services.

If successful, your preferred base will be discussed with you, with the expectation to provide colleague cover in other sites in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire prisons.

You will have the option to work flexibly to undertake clinical administration, management duties and SPA from home.

Main duties of the job
To provide high quality, trauma informed psychiatric care within integrated mental health teams in prisons. The post holder will deliver assessment, diagnosis and treatment of people with severe mental illness, personality disorders, neurodevelopmental conditions and complex comorbidity in custodial settings, ensuring equivalence of care with community services.

You will also have the opportunity to supervise senior trainees from the regional higher psychiatric training programme in Forensic Psychiatry covering Rampton Hospital, Arnold Lodge and Wathwood Medium secure units and Nottingham as well as 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 in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

Details
Date posted: 13 July 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 270-MED477
Job locations: Various, Lincoln, LN2 4BD, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Behaviours and Values
Essential

• Willing to ensure the development, maintenance, and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external 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 relation to psychiatry and wider mental health through engagement in health and justice clinical networks and communities of practice
• Reliable and accessible to colleagues within Secured Services, the Medical Directorate, and across NHFT.
• Approachable and able to demonstrate empathy, a willingness to listen to the views of colleagues, an open communication style, and receptivity to feedback.

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• 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 clinical expertise
• Ability to provide compassionate, trauma informed care in secure settings

Desirable

• Prison or forensic psychiatry experience
• Experience in neurodiversity / ADHD
• Teaching, leadership or service development experience

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• The ability to provide trauma-informed clinical care, including when faced with challenging behaviour and the constraints of secured settings.
• The ability to prioritize effectively, to work in a flexible way, and to respond to change to support the needs of patients and continuity of psychiatry provision across NHFT Secured Services
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and compassionate leadership skills
• A growth mindset and willingness to learn and teach in a constructive manner, taking on board the ideas of others and working within a leadership structure.
• The ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues including those working for subcontracted services and across other disciplines.
• Sound judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complexity
• The ability to gather and assimilate data from across secured services to support effective clinical governance and quality improvement of psychiatry service provision
• The ability to communicate information in a range of formats including one-to-one meetings, formal and informal meetings, written reports and electronic communication including small databases.
• 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 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address: Various, Lincoln, LN2 4BD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/

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