# Consultant Psychiatrist - Manchester - Central East CMHT

> 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
- **Town:** Manchester
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-30T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-05-01T13:41:24.025Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Manchester/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/General_Adult_Psychiatry/General_Adult_Psychiatry-v7982261
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7982261?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) provide multi-disciplinary assessment, treatment and care of individuals with severe and enduring mental health problems.  They provide a service to individuals from 16 years of age up to 70 years of age with a diagnosed functional mental health problem.

### Main duties of the job

Clinical role

- Undertake assessments of referrals/ admissions to the service
- Diagnose and formulate management plans in complex presentations.
- Provide management in treatment resistant and complex presentations
- Assessment and management of risk including of vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others.
- Preparation of Mental Health Review Tribunal and Managers’ Hearings reports and attendance at subsequent hearings.
- Work in a collaborative way with multidisciplinary teams including external partners.
- Work in partnership with psychiatrists from partner providers such as Forensic and Rehabilitation Psychiatrists.

Leadership role

- 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 information on the role please see attached detailed job description and person specification.

## Job Details

Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) provide multi-disciplinary assessment, treatment and care of individuals with severe and enduring mental health problems.  They provide a service to individuals from 16 years of age up to 70 years of age with a diagnosed functional mental health problem.

## Job Description

Clinical role

Leadership role

## Responsibilities

For more information on the role please see attached detailed job description and person specification.

## Person Specification

### Eligibility

**Essential**

- Specialist Register
- GMC Registration

**Desirable**

- Approved Clinician

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- MRCPsych
- CCT in specialty

**Desirable**

- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

## Documents

- [job description (docx, 77.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10265179)
- [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931)

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