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Employer Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Campbell House Town Northampton Salary £109,725 - £145,478 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 10/03/2026 23:59 Consultant Psychiatrist with NSTEP NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Job overview An opportunity has arisen for an NSTEP Consultant on a full time basis NSTEP is a countywide service with a north and south team. The teams work as one service to deliver NICE concordant care to service users as per national EIP standards. The service continues to develop and expand with a recent EIP successful funding bid to enable this. N-STEP accepts all referrals for people aged 14-65 with first episode psychosis or suspected psychosis. This is made with consideration of the individual’s needs and risk. Main duties of the job · Responsible for providing Consultant input to the Early intervention Team (N-STEP team South) · Responsible for joint urgent, routine and complex case assessment and management, including new referral assessments of service users within the south N-STEP service, working together in an enthusiastic and experienced Multidisciplinary team. · Play a key role with patients on CTO’s and would be the first port of call for potential MHA assessments for the team. The post holder would attend tribunal meetings when patients are on CTO’s. The average number of CTO’s across the service in the last 3 years (2020 & 2021) have been 4 -6 (which equates to 2-4% of the overall EIP caseload). The job description is subject to Royal College of Psychiatry approval. Working for our organisation NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth. Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more details regarding this post please read the attached job description or contact the service Person specification Behaviours and Values• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement • Ability to work independently as well as part of A MDT • Able to form a good working relationship with the peer group • Willingness to undertake training and CPD in areas appropriate to this post • Ability to work under pressure • Willingness to participate in in-house trainingKnowledge and ExprienceMRCPsych or equivalent Full GMC Registration On Specialist Register/CCT in General Adult Psychiatry Approval under Section12 of the Mental Health Act and able to act as Responsible Clinician. Minimum of six years postgraduate experience (including three years as SpR in approved training post) or equivalent Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training. AC status or expectation of achievement within 18 months of appointment date • Additional Postgraduate Qualifications / experience in EIP • Publication of original research or service evaluation/audit projectsSkills and Abilities• Excellent written and verbal communication skills Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels. • Ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences including courts and tribunals • Ability to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff and other MDT members • To balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole. • An understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate • Ability to work independently as well as part of an MDT. • Ability to work flexibly in a fluid clinical environmentBy completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history. You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own. Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account. Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications. We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds. All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility, At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you. Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible. All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position. Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period. Employer certification / accreditation badges You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. #J-18808-Ljbffr