Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry Community CMHT

Overview

In this role you will contribute to the Bury General Adult Psychiatry service within Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, supporting both community and inpatient care. You will work alongside sector colleagues to deliver high-quality psychiatric services across Greater Manchester, with a strong teaching commitment for medical and nursing staff. The post offers opportunities to engage in teaching, service development and innovation, and to influence patient care in a changing service landscape. This is a newly created position with potential for personal development and impact at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Flexible working opportunities
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing services for staff
• Staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care in community clinics, patients’ homes, and other settings as clinically needed
• Collaborate with sector colleagues to align with regional community outpatient services
• Contribute to teaching and training of medical and nursing staff
• Engage in service development, innovation, and improvement initiatives
• Participate in on-call rotas and cross-functional team activities
• Support research and audit activities where applicable

Key requirements

• MBChB or equivalent
• Full GMC registration
• Must be on or eligible for GMC Specialist Register
• Approved Clinician status or eligible within 3 months
• S12 approval or eligible within 3 months
• Excellent knowledge in adult psychiatry and range of conditions

• teaching and training abilities
• strong communication skills
• team collaboration and multidisciplinary working
• GMC registration
• Specialist Register status
• Approved Clinician status

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