# Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist Cluster 2

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Bolton
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **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:** 2026-08-19T08:40:36.194Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Bolton/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8157205
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8157205?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Greater Manchester Perinatal Service has been developed to deliver perinatal mental health care in an integrated manner across the whole system. This is an opportunity to join a well-established, reputable perinatal service that delivers perinatal mental health care in a unique manner based on a whole system approach. We are looking for enthusiastic, committed individuals with a passion for delivering high-quality perinatal mental health care

The Postholder will be the clinical leader of the SPS supported by the Operational leads, a Core Trainee and Substantive Specialty doctor. The postholder carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessment and provide treatment for inpatients on the ward. The postholder will be expected to respond to urgent and routine requests for advice and assessment along with the community nurses. The postholder will supervise trainee psychiatrists and will ensure sound clinical practice and will support trainees to undertake audit and quality improvement work.

### Main duties of the job

- Provide Medical leadership for MDT meetings.
- Carry out comprehensive psychiatric Assessment and provide treatment for inpatients on the ward.
- Support ward-based staff to manage psychiatric emergencies
- Conduct patient reviews and lead Multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings.
- Be the responsible clinician for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1983(amended 2007) and carry out duties in accordance to the code of practice.
- Renew and maintain Responsible Clinician status according to agreed procedures.
- Carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust’s risk management processes.
- Provide medical leadership to the inpatient ward team.
- Maintain a high level of effective communication and work flexibly and cooperatively with other parts of the service including other wards and inpatient units, community mental health teams, services and primary care
- Liaison with Families and Carers
- Complete reports for Mental Health Tribunals with the support of the Staff Grade doctor
- Lead clinical decision making in the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of high-quality care.
- Develop service clinical priorities in line with national and professional guidance and standards.
- Engage with service transformation programmes including attendance at consultant meetings for their service and directorate.

### 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

### Skills

**Essential**

- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge

### Eligibilty

**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

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

## Documents

- [job description (docx, 545.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10457587)
- [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931)

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