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Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Profession: Medical and Psychiatry
  • Location: Northampton
  • Salary: Total package up to £165,000 depending on experience

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Why Join St Andrew’s Healthcare?

  • Medically led organisation with 8 Psychiatry Directors on the Executive Leadership Team
  • Over 30 Consultant Psychiatrists based on-site in Northampton
  • Mentoring available for newly qualified Consultants
  • Broad range of services on-site including Low Secure, PICU, Learning Disability, Autism, Neuropsychiatry, CAMHS, and Forensics
  • Academic and research centre with development opportunities
  • Access to unique facilities including café, garden centre, woodwork and ceramics workshops, gyms, and swimming pools – all within 150 acres of woodland grounds
  • Excellent location: affordable housing, good schools, great transport links to London and Birmingham

The Role

  • Responsible Clinician for a male medium secure ward within our Medium Secure Service
  • Lead a full multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
  • Care for working-age males with mental illness
  • Opportunity to innovate, influence service development, and shape patient pathways
  • Support available from junior doctors, administrators, PAs, and MDT specialists

Development Opportunities

  • Internal CPD events
  • Medico-legal outpatient practice opportunities
  • Support for Executive MBA at top UK business schools
  • Leadership development and progression opportunities within the charity 

What You’ll Need

  • MRCPsych or equivalent
  • CCT in Forensic Psychiatry, General Adult Psychiatry, or Old Age Psychiatry (or within 6 months of completion)
  • Commitment to clinical excellence, leadership, and patient-centred care

Rewards and Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Travel allowance
  • Up to 41 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
  • Sick pay in line with NHS policy
  • Car lease scheme
  • Free parking
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Access to staff gym and facilities

Interested?

Contact:
Samantha Pendry (Internal Recruitment Consultant) – slpendry@stah.org

Learn more:
https://www.stah.org/who-we-are/locations/northampton