# Consultant - Forensic Psychiatrist - Riverside Centre > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-forensic-psychiatrist-riverside-centre/154fb292-68f4-4de7-80e9-633afeba07d0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-forensic-psychiatrist-riverside-centre/154fb292-68f4-4de7-80e9-633afeba07d0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** North View - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-30T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-29T09:30:29.960Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Prestwich/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Forensic_Psychiatry/Forensic_Psychiatry-v8190757 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8190757?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Adult Forensic Service at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has an existing opportunity for two Consultant Forensic Psychiatrists to be a crucial part in helping drive improvements to our patients’ experiences and in helping contribute to the development of our new model of care. These substantive posts are within our male medium secure service at The Riverside Centre. While our new model of care is under development, and definitive medical job planning is under review, it is anticipated that the post holders will be the Responsible Clinician for 12 – 16 male inpatients following their caseload from admission to discharge. We would welcome further discussions with those interested and look forward to hearing from you. Dr Nikhil Khisty - Associate Medical Director Nikhil.Khisty@gmmh.nhs.uk Dr Andrew Haddock – Clinical Director Andrew.Haddock@gmmh.nhs.uk Dr Victoria Sullivan – Clinical Director Victoria.Sullivan@gmmh.nhs.uk ### Main duties of the job This is an exciting time to join us as a Consultant (Forensic) Psychiatrist. This opportunity could be for a full-time post within either our medium secure service. Either role would allow ta successful candidate to contribute to the development of our new model of care and to shape the future of secure services for women and men from Greater Manchester. You will be supported by a full and expanding complement of multidisciplinary colleagues, with the current position being that you will work with a medical secretary, junior doctor(s), clinical psychologist, social worker, occupational therapist, and our nursing colleagues. To support our service user’s physical health, there is additionally a visiting GP, dentist and well-established physical health team. Alongside inpatient management, additional clinical activities include on-call work, access assessments to the service, and a range of additional activities dependent on negotiation with consultant colleagues and our new model of care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more details about this role and the responsibilities please see attached full Job Description and Person Specification. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in multi-disciplinary team working ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full GMC registration and license to practice - AC/ Section 12. Approved at time of commencing post or within three months of so doing - Entry on the Specialist Register of the GMC or within 6 months of obtaining CCT ## Documents - [job description (docx, 86.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10495372) - [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.