# Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-general-adult-psychiatry/9ad53e54-ba9e-4da0-9ee6-594434d21081 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-general-adult-psychiatry/9ad53e54-ba9e-4da0-9ee6-594434d21081.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Meadows - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 PA, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (Also covering on-calls) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-12T09:30:51.666Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/AshtonunderLyne/Pennine_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Consultant_General_Adult_Psychiatry/Consultant_General_Adult_Psychiatry-v8358908 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8358908?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Consultant Working Age Community Psychiatry We are seeking a knowledgeable, driven, and forward-thinking consultant to join our sector-based team in Tameside. The post is 10 PAs. The holder will be responsible for outpatients from Ashton under Lyne and will work closely with the North CMHT. This is a new post due to service development. For further details see Job description ### Main duties of the job The post covers the geographic sector area of Ashton under Lyne, which is part of the North Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) catchment area. The post holder will be responsible for all psychiatric patients in their sector, providing their community care. They will no longer be responsible for their care on the wards, this work will be done by dedicated inpatient consultants. The post holder will negotiate a timetable with the Line Manager. The post holder will share access to all facilities within the service and work closely with members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team in the CMHT. The post-holder will have a lead role in the Multi-Disciplinary Team, both with respect to individual cases and with respect to the overall functioning and clinical targeting of the team. This will include Clinical leadership of the team, management of complex cases including care plan and treatment formulation plus guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness. In the community the post holder will attend weekly referrals meetings with the CMHT management, the number of referrals varies, on average three per week. You will take a lead role in decision making regarding the referrals for your own sector and work closely with community teams. For further details, see job description. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further details see 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 ### TRANSPORT **Essential** - Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative. ### ELIGIBILITY **Essential** - Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment. - Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months. - Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment. - Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment **Desirable** - In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice ### QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - MB BS or equivalent medical qualification. **Desirable** - Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management. - MRCPsych - Additional clinical qualifications. ### ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING **Essential** - Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training - Ability to work in and lead team - Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement. - Participated in continuous professional development - Participated in research or service evaluation. - Able to use and appraise clinical evidence. - Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes **Desirable** - Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post - Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken - Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation. - Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit, and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications. - Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients ### CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Excellent knowledge in specialty - Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge - Excellent oral and written communication skills in English - Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty - Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others - Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA **Desirable** - Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 464.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10685274) - [person specification (pdf, 232.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10685275) - [policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 117.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=440) ## 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.