# Consultant Psychiatrist, Adult Inpatients *enhanced recruitment premia > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-adult-inpatients-enhanced-recruitment-premia/c6911702-458b-4a2b-abf3-9134f19e25a3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-adult-inpatients-enhanced-recruitment-premia/c6911702-458b-4a2b-abf3-9134f19e25a3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Preston - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-06-24T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-21T12:41:27.040Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Blackpool/Lancashire_South_Cumbria_NHS_Foundation_Trust/General_Adult_Inpatient_Psychiatry/General_Adult_Inpatient_Psychiatry-v8029784 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8029784?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Consultant Psychiatrist (General Adult Inpatients) – Blackpool (10 PA) *RRP payment Payable* This post will attract a Recruitment & Retention Premia of £40k (subject to tax and NI)  payable on commencement of employment. Eligibility criteria do apply.  Please note that staff currently employed by the Trust would not be eligible to apply for this recruitment and retention premia. We are excited to advertise for 2 x General Adult Consultant to join us working in inpatients at The Harbour, Blackpool.  The post is substantive and full time (10 PAs). You will be expected to participate on the Consultant On Call rota, for which additional remuneration is payable. Post 1; 18 bedded male acute ward (Churchill) Post 2; 18 bedded female acute ward (Stevenson) Both posts have SAS Doctors and Resident Doctors established. The Harbour MH hospital is a newly built, state of the art unit based just off junction 4 on the M55. The M55 connects with the M6 and tends to be a really quiet connecting motorway, with rarely any delays. The Harbour is 2 mins from Junction 4 off the M55 ### Main duties of the job The post holder will be a leading member of the well-established, in-patient, multidisciplinary teams based at the Harbour and will have the following important clinical responsibilities: - Responsible Clinician for a defined caseload. - Assessment of patients referred by the community teams and responsibility for any of admissions at the Harbour Hospital. - Out of Hours Cover. Applicants should hold full GMC registration and be included on the Specialist register of the GMC or they should be eligible for entry to the Specialist Register within 6 months of the interview date. It is a requirement that applicants are Section 12 Approved at the time of commencing employment and have or are eligible to have Approved Clinician Status. Remuneration will be as set out in the terms of the New Consultant Contract according to previous experience. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post. The Job Description for this post has been approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. ## Job Details Consultant Psychiatrist (General Adult Inpatients) – Blackpool (10 PA) *RRP payment Payable* This post will attract a Recruitment & Retention Premia of £40k (subject to tax and NI)  payable on commencement of employment. Eligibility criteria do apply.  Please note that staff currently employed by the Trust would not be eligible to apply for this recruitment and retention premia. We are excited to advertise for 2 x General Adult Consultant to join us working in inpatients at The Harbour, Blackpool.  The post is substantive and full time (10 PAs). You will be expected to participate on the Consultant On Call rota, for which additional remuneration is payable. Post 1; 18 bedded male acute ward (Churchill) Post 2; 18 bedded female acute ward (Stevenson) Both posts have SAS Doctors and Resident Doctors established. The Harbour MH hospital is a newly built, state of the art unit based just off junction 4 on the M55. The M55 connects with the M6 and tends to be a really quiet connecting motorway, with rarely any delays. The Harbour is 2 mins from Junction 4 off the M55 ## Job Description The post holder will be a leading member of the well-established, in-patient, multidisciplinary teams based at the Harbour and will have the following important clinical responsibilities: - Responsible Clinician for a defined caseload. - Assessment of patients referred by the community teams and responsibility for any of admissions at the Harbour Hospital. - Out of Hours Cover. Applicants should hold full GMC registration and be included on the Specialist register of the GMC or they should be eligible for entry to the Specialist Register within 6 months of the interview date.It is a requirement that applicants are Section 12 Approved at the time of commencing employment and have or are eligible to have Approved Clinician Status. Remuneration will be as set out in the terms of the New Consultant Contract according to previous experience. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post. The Job Description for this post has been approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to this role ### Qualifications **Essential** - MBBS or equivalent - Full GMC registration and Licence to Practise - On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months - Section 12 approved or within 3 months - AC status or within 3 months ## Documents - [trust information (pdf, 640.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10317142) - [welcome from the lscft medical team (pdf, 6.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2229) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 784.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10317141) ## 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.