Job summary
Applications are invited from candidates for a 4-month Core Trainee Locum Appointment in Service post in Psychiatry. The post is suited to an individual who has satisfactorily completed Foundation Year 1/2 training and has 4 months psychiatry experience, and is considering a career in Psychiatry.

All applicants must hold full registration and license with the General Medical Council.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be working with a team that may consist of Consultants, Specialty Doctors, Trust Doctors, Higher Specialty Trainees, Core Trainees, GP Trainees and Foundation Trainees. The post will have a generic clinical component in the relevant area. The post holder will have the relevant experience in psychiatry, required for the level of the trainee vacancy, including the assessment and management of acutely unwell psychiatric patients, provide essential medical care, assessing patient history and mental state, outpatient clinics, ward cover, in-patient reviews and procedures, audit and research.

About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

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Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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Details
Date posted: 20 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Doctor - other
Salary: Depending on experience per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 4 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: AL052-KF
Job locations: Arnold Lodge, Cordelia Close, Leicester, LE5 0LE, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• To agree a contract of employment
• To comply with all GMC regulations as laid out in Good Medical Practice
• The post holder will be expected to work as a professional, training within a multidisciplinary team, acknowledging different values and prospectives
• To observe the Trusts agreed policies and procedures
• To take responsibility for your own health and safety, complying with any safe working arrangements, policies and procedures which are in place
• To comply with the Trusts requirements of appraisals
• To complete the Trust and local induction as part of the onboarding process
• To work appropriately and effectively within your clinical team within the limits of your competency under clinical supervision
• In conjunction with colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met and to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate
• To accept a duty to other staff and patients to ensure that any risks, incidents and hazards are reported and managed appropriately
• To ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times and that data belonging to the Trust is protected
• All employees must comply with infection prevention and control mandatory training requirements specific to their role

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Successfully completed the UK Foundation Programme with ARCP Outcome
• 4 months minimum in psychiatry
• Full GMC Registration

Desirable

• Additional related qualifications, eg intercalated degree, BSc, BA, BMedSci or equivalent

Career Aspiration
Essential

• Mentioned an interest in psychiatry as a career

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Arnold Lodge, Cordelia Close, Leicester, LE5 0LE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Medical Workforce Specialist, Kimberley Folliard, Kim.Folliard@nottshc.nhs.uk

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.