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Locum Appointment in Service - Wathwood

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Leicester, LE5 0LEView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Fixed-Term

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

27 October 2026

7 days left

Job description

Applications are invited from candidates for a 4-month Core Trainee Locum Appointment in Service post in Psychiatry. The post is suited to an individu...

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.

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

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?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

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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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

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

20 October 2026

Last checked

20 October 2026

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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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