Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry Community CMHT
Pennine Care NHS FT
Bury, BL9 7TDView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
19 November 2026
27 days leftJob description
Job description is pending Royal College approval Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to make a substantive whole time appointment to this ne...
This is a newly created post. This is an exciting time to join the Trust and there are many opportunities to contribute to the organisations' innovation and for personal development.
Bury has a very strong teaching commitment and candidates will be expected to contribute to the teaching of medical and nursing staff.
Patients will be seen in community clinics, at their own homes or in other clinical settings according to clinical need.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Qualifications
Essential: - MBChB or equivalent
Desirable: - Possession of MRCPsych or equivalent qualification; - Other postgraduate degrees e.g. MSc, MD, MRCP etc
Eligibility
Essential
- Must be on the GMC Specialist Register or be eligible to be on the GMC Specialist Register
- Higher psychiatric training or its equivalent
- Section 12 (2) Approval under Mental Health Act 1983 or be eligible for approval. Approved Clinician status (or eligible for same)
Desirable
- Possession of CCT or be within 6 months of achieving this
- CCT in General Adult Psychiatry
- Experience in detention of patients under The MHA (1983)
- Experience of writing reports for the Mental Health Review Tribunals.
Academic skills and lifelong learning
Essential
- Evidence of teaching and training abilities.
- Commitment to share the work of the department with colleagues, to develop and improve the service as a whole, and to the organisational philosophy
- Registered for CPD with the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Good communication skills
- Evidence of audit activity
- Available to participate in on-call rota
Desirable
- Current or past educational supervisor of a basic trainee and a specialist registrar
- Evidence of leading the development of services elsewhere.
- An interest in management and service development
- In 'Good professional standing for CPD
- Enthusiasm, demonstration of initiative and innovation.
- Published audit and published research
How to apply
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First seen
23 October 2026
Last checked
23 October 2026
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