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Specialty Doctor - Older Adult Psychiatry CMHT- Salford

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Salary
£61,542 - £99,216 per annum pro rata
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Senior
Deadline
06 May 2026
Contract Type
9 months (fixed term)
Posted Date
01 May 2026

Job overview

This is a full - time appointment for a Specialty Doctor in psychiatry to work with the community mental health team for older adults. They will cover the East Cluster within Salford. This covers predominantly Broughton, Swinton, Pendlebury and Prestwich Village. The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr N Sultana.

The Appointee is not required to participate in and on-call rota.  However, this can be negotiated if the successful candidate wants to do on calls.

Main duties of the job

The post holder would join the clinical team that currently supports East of Salford. The base would be in Swinton, and they will be supervised by Dr N Sultana

The post holder will liaise with the other medical colleagues within the Salford area and support the community team with clinical activity that covers meetings, CPAs, professionals’ meetings, and other Mental Health Act related activity.

The post holder will review patients presenting to MATs clinics and complete home visits for MATS and CMHT patients.    The post holder will be expected to Diagnose and formulate management plans with supervision as required.

The post holder will be expected to be a Section 12 Approved clinician. We will support the post holder to obtain S12 or AC approval if this is required.

Work in a collaborative way with multidisciplinary teams including external partners and Work in partnership with local GP

Assessment and management of risk including of vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description

The post holder would join the clinical team that currently supports East of Salford. The base would be in Swinton, and they will be supervised by Dr N Sultana

The post holder will liaise with the other medical colleagues within the Salford area and support the community team with clinical activity that covers meetings, CPAs, professionals’ meetings, and other Mental Health Act related activity.

The post holder will review patients presenting to MATs clinics and complete home visits for MATS and CMHT patients.    The post holder will be expected to Diagnose and formulate management plans with supervision as required.

The post holder will be expected to be a Section 12 Approved clinician. We will support the post holder to obtain S12 or AC approval if this is required.

Work in a collaborative way with multidisciplinary teams including external partners and Work in partnership with local GP

Assessment and management of risk including of vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others.