Job requirements
Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Transport
Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
- Eligibility
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Eligibility
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Eligibility
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Eligibility
Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
- Qualifications
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Participated in continuous professional development
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Participated in research or service evaluation
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Has actively participated in clinical audit
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Eligibility
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Qualifications
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- Qualifications
MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Qualifications
Additional clinical qualifications
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
- Academic skills and lifelong learning
Has led clinical audits leading to service change.
- Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Job overview
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to make full time appointment for a consultant psychiatrist to work in the Older Age Psychiatry service.
The Older age wards are Rowan and Cedar which are situated at Parklands House at Royal Oldham Hospital.
To provide high-quality Mental Health Care for Older people with severe and enduring mental health problems both inpatient and outpatients. To work closely with other teams and Consultants to ensure coherent and high-quality mental health care for older people within the Oldham area.
Main duties of the job
Our services are specialised to help diagnose dementia as early as possible, so we can support you to remain as healthy as possible while living with the illness. We can also provide advice and support if a family member of someone you look after has dementia. Our services can also support you with a range of moderate to severe mental health problems, such as depression, bi-polar disorder, delirium, and severe anxiety. Some of our services are based in community buildings and clinics, but we also have the specialist wards and units located on hospital sites.
Close co-working with colleagues from the community services is essential to guarantee that patients are safely and effectively treated, and that discharge from hospital is followed by prompt and reliable community support. The consultant in this post will have a part to play, with others, in ensuring that the transitions from community treatment to hospital care and back again are safe and seamless as far as possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
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.
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This advert is for Inpatient Consultant Psychiatrist in Old Age with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Stockport, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 PA pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (From start date). The application deadline is 01 Nov 2026.
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