N- Consultant

Job Summary

A part time opportunity has arisen for an NSTEP Consultant on a part 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.

• 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 CTOs 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 CTOs.
• The average number of CTOs 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.

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. This includes care at home, work or in schools, and services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve care and safety for patients and staff, focusing on people who enable our Trust to be outstanding by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted: 22 January 2026

Pay scheme:
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade:
Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year pa pro rata

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Part-time

Reference number: 270-MED
441-E

Job location:

Campbell House, Northampton, NN1 3EB

• 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 training

• MRCPsych or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration
• On Specialist Register/CCT in General Adult Psychiatry
• Approval under Section
  12 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

• Additional Postgraduate Qualifications / experience in EIP
• Publication of original research or service evaluation/audit projects
• Management training

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with 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
• Balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole
• 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 environment

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.

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. Guidance on criminal records checks for overseas applicants is available.

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

Employer details:
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, Campbell House, Northampton, NN1 3EB
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