Consultant Psychiatrist: Sponsorship Available

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy with excellent clinical, interpersonal, and risk management skills, and who enjoys teaching, training and consulting to a wide range of colleagues, teams, and institutions within health, forensic and social care settings.

Candidates are requested to use the section “Supporting Information” on the application form to set out their reasons for applying and their suitability, referring to the person specification, for this post.

Main duties of the job

This is a six programmed activity (PA) Consultant Psychiatrist post to provide clinical services and contribute to the consultancy, teaching, and research activities of the Clinic.

Specifically, the post holder will provide assessments, individual and/or group psychotherapyfor patients, supervise a psychiatry specialist trainee in forensic psychotherapy, engage in the Clinic’s other teaching and training programmes, offer consultancy to teams and organisations in the forensic field and engage in clinical governance, audit and outcomeresearch.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

  • MRCPsych or equivalent
  • Inclusion on The GMC’s Specialist Register, or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of award of CCT
  • Section 12 Approval

Skills

Essential

  • Capacity to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
  • Good capacity to communicate with colleagues and clients
  • Capacity to be in a leadership role

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and other therapeutic modalities
  • Experience of working with forensic patients
  • Experience of working with professional networks
  • Experience of audit and outcome monitoring
  • Experience of teaching and supervision

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 15 November 2026

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