N- Consultant

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N-Step Consultant

The closing date is 04 February 2026

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 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.

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.

For more details regarding this post please read the attached job description or contact the service

• oIn good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• oDemonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
• oAbility to work independently as well as part of A MDT
• oAble to form a good working relationship with the peer group
• oWillingness to undertake training and CPD in areas appropriate to this post
• oAbility to work under pressure
• oWillingness to participate in in-house training

• oMRCPsych or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration
• oOn Specialist Register/CCT in General Adult Psychiatry
• oApproval under Section
  12 of the Mental Health Act and able to act as Responsible Clinician.
• oMinimum of six years postgraduate experience (including three years as SpR in approved training post) or equivalent
• oPart of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training.
• oAdditional Postgraduate Qualifications / experience in EIP
• oPublication of original research or service evaluation/audit projects
• oManagement training

• oExcellent written and verbal communication skills Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels.
• oAbility to present complex information to a variety of audiences including courts and tribunals
• oAbility to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff and other MDT members
• oTo balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole.
• oAn understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate
• oAbility to work independently as well as part of an MDT.
• oAbility to work flexibly in a fluid clinical environment

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.

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