Locum Appointment in Service - Older Adult | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Nottingham, NG6 9DR
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	27 Jul 2026
Closing date:	26 Aug 2026

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Summary

Applications are invited from candidates for a 6-month Core Trainee Locum Appointment in Service post in Psychiatry. The post is ideally 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.

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.

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.

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 Trust’s 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 Trust’s 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

This advert closes on Wednesday 29 Jul 2026

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