Job overview
Job description is pending Royal College approval
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to make a substantive whole time appointment to this newly established post with Bury Mental Health Services. This post will cover a sector of the Bury area. The post has been created due to the current consultant moving to another job in the trust.
The Bury general adult psychiatry service (generally for people aged 16 to 64) has been run since 2008 according to a model whereby our team of consultants are deployed as follows: Three consultants work exclusively in the community and outpatient focus areas, one working with the Early Intervention Service, and two inpatient area including Home Treatment and two A&E Liaison Team. Also one consultant in Living Well.
Within this arrangement, the consultant appointed to this post will work with other sector consultants (East, West and South sector community outpatients).
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Medical Degree
Essential
- MBChB or equivalent
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
GMC registration
Essential
- Full registration with GMC
Desirable
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Specialisr register
Essential
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
AC status
Essential
- Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
S12 approval
Essential
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Knowledge in psychiatry
Essential
- Excellent knowledge in adult psychiatry including knowledge and experience of a range of conditions and complex psychological problems
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
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.
Person specification
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.
Qualifications
Essential
- MBChB or equivalent
Desirable
- Possession of MRCPsych or equivalent qualification
- Other postgraduate degrees e.g. MSc, MD, MRCP etc
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
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This advert is for Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry Community CMHT with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Ashton Under Lyne, North West, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 PA, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 02 Aug 2026.
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