# Consultant Psychiatrist – General Adult Psychiatry, Lancaster CMHT

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Guild Lodge
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PA)
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-14T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T09:55:59.140Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Morecambe/Lancashire_South_Cumbria_NHS_Foundation_Trust/General_Adult_Community_Psychiatry/General_Adult_Community_Psychiatry-v8372837
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8372837?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Consultant Psychiatrist – General Adult Psychiatry, Lancaster CMHT (10PA)

We are seeking to recruit 2 substantive Consultant Psychiatrists in General Adult Psychiatry to work as part of the Lancaster & Morecambe Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT). This is a full time (10PA) post. The post holder would be expected to participate on the Consultant On Call rota, for which additional remuneration would be payable.

The Morecambe Bay area is a fantastic place to live and work. We have the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and the Ribble Valley on our doorstep. The Lake District National Park has World Heritage status and the Forest of Bowland is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are opportunities for living in beautiful places and accessing a wide range of outdoor and cultural pursuits.

Lancaster is a Heritage City and the locality has a wide range of theatres and arts facilities.

We have strong links with Lancaster University, one of the leading universities in the UK and the University of Cumbria, the only UK university with a base in a national park offering opportunities to develop academic interests or formal academic posts

### Main duties of the job

You will be working as part of an MDT and would carry a compact caseload, as well as supporting and advising other team members. There would be 3 community based consultants working together.

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.

### 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

### 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, 712.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10700759)
- [welcome from the lscft medical team (pdf, 6.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2229)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 736.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10700758)

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