Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry Community CMHT

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a dedicated psychiatrist to join their innovative team in Bury. This newly created role offers a unique opportunity to work within a supportive environment that prioritizes mental health care and personal development. As part of a strong teaching commitment, you will engage in the training of medical and nursing staff while providing essential services to the community. With a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement, this position allows you to make a significant impact on the lives of individuals in need. Join a passionate team that values diversity and inclusion, and help shape the future of mental health services.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Continued Professional Development

Health and Wellbeing activities

Staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Qualifications

• Must have a medical degree and full GMC registration.
• Experience in adult psychiatry and knowledge of complex psychological problems.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to teaching medical and nursing staff.
• Provide high-quality mental health services in various settings.

Skills

Knowledge in adult psychiatry

Teaching and training abilities

Good communication skills

Evidence of audit activity

Education

MBChB or equivalent

Postgraduate degrees (MSc, MD, MRCP)

Job description

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople.

Job overview

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to make a substantive whole time appointment to this newly established post with Bury Mental Health Services. This post will cover a sector of the Bury area. The post has been created due to the current consultant moving to another job in the trust.

The Bury general adult psychiatry service (generally for people aged 16 to 64) has been run since 2008 according to a model whereby our team of consultants are deployed as follows: Three consultants work exclusively in the community and outpatient focus areas, one working with the Early Intervention Service, and two inpatient area including Home Treatment and two A&E Liaison Team. Also one consultant in Living Well.

Within this arrangement, the consultant appointed to this post will work with other sector consultants (East, West and South sector community outpatients).

Main duties of the job

This is a newly created post. This is an exciting time to join the Trust and there are many opportunities to contribute to the organisations' innovation and for personal development.

Bury has a very strong teaching commitment and candidates will be expected to contribute to the teaching of medical and nursing staff.

Patients will be seen in community clinics, at their own homes or in other clinical settings according to clinical need.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
• Access to Continued Professional Development.
• Involvement in improvement and research activities.
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job 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.

Person Specification

Medical Degree

Essential

• MBChB or equivalent.

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.

GMC registration

Essential

• Full registration with GMC.

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Specialist register

Essential

• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.

AC status

Essential

• Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.

S12 approval

Essential

• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment.

Knowledge in psychiatry

Essential

• Excellent knowledge in adult psychiatry including knowledge and experience of a range of conditions and complex psychological problems.

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBChB or equivalent.

Desirable criteria

• Possession of MRCPsych or equivalent qualification.
• Other postgraduate degrees e.g. MSc, MD, MRCP etc.

Eligibility

Essential criteria

• Must be on the GMC Specialist Register or be eligible to be on the GMC Specialist Register.
• Higher psychiatric training or its equivalent.
• Section 12 (2) Approval under Mental Health Act 1983 or be eligible for approval. Approved Clinician status (or eligible for same).

Desirable criteria

• Possession of CCT or be within 6 months of achieving this.
• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry.
• Experience in detention of patients under The MHA (1983).
• Experience of writing reports for the Mental Health Review Tribunals.

Academic skills and lifelong learning

Essential criteria

• Evidence of teaching and training abilities.
• Commitment to share the work of the department with colleagues, to develop and improve the service as a whole, and to the organisational philosophy.
• Registered for CPD with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Good communication skills.
• Evidence of audit activity.
• Available to participate in on-call rota.

Desirable criteria

• Current or past educational supervisor of a basic trainee and a specialist registrar.
• Evidence of leading the development of services elsewhere.
• An interest in management and service development.
• In 'Good professional standing for CPD.
• Enthusiasm, demonstration of initiative and innovation.
• Published audit and published research.

Hints and tips for completing your application can be found here.

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

What happens after your application has been received?

You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.

What happens if I am offered the position after interview?

The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.

What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will be used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.

If you are offered a position with us and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offered is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.

What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?

Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure your application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 648.5KB)
• Personal Spec (PDF, 616.5KB)
• Policy Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 117.0KB)