Job requirements
Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Eligibility
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Eligibility
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
- Eligibility
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Eligibility
Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
- Qualifications
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Participated in continuous professional development
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Participated in research or service evaluation
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Has actively participated in clinical audit.
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Eligibility
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Qualifications
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Qualifications
MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Qualifications
Additional clinical qualifications
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Has led clinical audits leading to service change
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Job overview
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to make a substantive whole time appointment to this newly established post with Oldham Mental Health Services. This post will cover the Central sector within the Oldham area. The post has been created due to the current consultant moving to another job in the trust.
The Oldham 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
This is a newly created post. The Consultant will cover the central sector within the Oldham area.This is an exciting time to join the Trust and there are many opportunities to contribute to the organisations' innovation and for personal development.
Oldham borough has a new state of the art TMS suite. This is the only NHS provider for this service in the North West.
Oldham has a very strong teaching commitment and candidates will be expected to contribute to the teaching of medical and nursing staff. There are close links to ongoing research projects such as Bright Mind, FreshSTART, Gamechange to name a few.
The Consultants contribute to local service user & carer groups.The Central sector covers the areas of South and East Oldham (Chadderton; Royton and Shaw; Delph, Uppermill, Lees, Ashton Under Lyne).
Patients will be seen in hospital and community clinics, at their own homes or in other clinical settings according to clinical need.
Outpatient clinics are held at the Cherrywood Clinic on the Royal Oldham Hospital site and at the Werneth Primary Care Centre. Werneth Primary Care Centre is 1.5 miles from the hospital.
The consultant in this post will work with the East, South and West Sector CMHTs and also with the Care Management and Review Team, which is a sub-team working across both CMHTs and which supports people with more stable but long term mental illnesses.
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
- Full registration with GMC
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Specialisr register
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
AC status
- Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
S12 approval
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Knowledge in psychiatry
- Excellent knowledge in adult psychiatry including knowledge and experience of a range of conditions and complex psychological problems
- 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.
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.
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This advert is for Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry - Outpatients with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Stockport, 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 Fixed term: 12 months (From start date). The application deadline is 01 Nov 2026.
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