Consultant Psychiatrist - General Adult - CMHT
Pennine Care NHS FT
Bury, BL9 7TD
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
17 September 2026
17 days left
Job description
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a full-time substantive Consultant Psychiatrist. This post is based on the CMHT in Bury and is...
To provide high-quality Mental Health Care for adults with severe and enduring mental health problems within the community
To work closely with other teams and Consultants to ensure coherent and high-quality mental health care for adults with severe and enduring mental health problems within the Bury area
To work with the other Consultants to support the development of the service, and to attend local and divisional service development meetings
Applicants must be on the GMCs Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion or be within six months of the anticipated award of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Adult Psychiatry at the time of interview for the post.
Low frequency on-call (1 in 30) with full second tier on call and 1 day off after your on call.
We offer ample opportunities for our consultants professional development and opportunities for additional work for additional PAs ( require negotiation).
The post holder will be based at the Irwell Unit, Fairfield General Hospital. Bury operates an Inpatient- Outpatient model (New Ways of Working) and is staffed by 6 full-time Consultants in Adult Psychiatry. Each Community Consultant is allocated a Junior Doctor (NW Deanery training schemes) to work with them with support from advanced practitioner and sessional input from a speciality doctor. The EIT is covered by a part time consultant.
Required Criteria and Qualifications
Essential
- MBChB or equivalent
- 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)
- Evidence of teaching and training abilities.
Desirable
- Possession of MRCPsych or equivalent qualification. Other postgraduate degrees e.g. MSc, MD, MRCP etc
- 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.
- Current or past educational supervisor of a basic trainee and a specialist registrar
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First seen
18 August 2026
Last checked
19 August 2026
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