Consultant Psychiatrist - General Adult - CMHT

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Bury is seeking a full-time substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Community Mental Health Team. The post is based at the Irwell Unit, Fairfield General Hospital, and involves delivering high-quality care to adults with severe and enduring mental health problems in the community.

You will work closely with other Consultants and teams to ensure coherent, high-quality care, contribute to teaching of medical and nursing staff, and engage with local

Job description

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a full-time substantive Consultant Psychiatrist. This post is based on the CMHT in Bury and is a Community post.

This is an exciting time to join the Trust and there are many opportunities to contribute to the organisations’ development and to look at service redesign models. Bury has a very strong teaching commitment and candidates will be expected to contribute to the teaching of medical and nursing staff. There are close links to ongoing research projects. The Consultants contribute to local service user & carer groups.

To provide high-quality Mental Health Care for adults with severe and enduring mental health problems within the community

To work closely with other teams and Consultants to ensure coherent and high-quality mental health care for adults with severe and enduring mental health problems within the Bury area

To work with the other Consultants to support the development of the service, and to attend local and divisional service development meetings

The post holder will be based at the Irwell Unit, Fairfield General Hospital. Bury operates an Inpatient- Outpatient model (New Ways of Working) and is staffed by 6 full-time Consultants in Adult Psychiatry. Each Community Consultant is allocated a Junior Doctor (NW Deanery training schemes) to work with them with support from advanced practitioner and sessional input from a speciality doctor. The EIT is covered by a part time consultant.