Consultant Psychiatrist - General Adult - CMHT Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

JCasp Technologies - Website Apps & AI/ML Development Company; Bury; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits in Bury for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist. This role involves providing exceptional mental health care to adults with severe and enduring conditions within the community. You'll have the chance to influence service redesign and contribute to teaching medical and nursing staff. With a strong emphasis on collaboration, you'll work alongside a dedicated team of consultants and junior doctors, ensuring high-quality care and support for service users. Join a forward-thinking organization that values professional development and offers a supportive environment for your career growth.

Benefits

Professional Development Opportunities

Flexible Work Options

Support from Advanced Practitioners

Qualifications

• Applicants must be on the GMC’s Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion.
• Candidates should have a CCT in General Adult Psychiatry or be close to completion.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality mental health care for adults with severe issues.
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure coherent mental health services.
• Support service development and attend relevant meetings.

Skills

Mental Health Care

Community Psychiatry

Teaching Skills

Collaboration

Education

GMC Specialist Register

CCT in General Adult Psychiatry

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 organisation’s 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.

Responsibilities:

1. To provide high-quality Mental Health Care for adults with severe and enduring mental health problems within the community.
2. 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.
3. 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 an advanced practitioner and sessional input from a speciality doctor. The EIT is covered by a part-time consultant.

Requirements:

Applicants must be on the GMC’s Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion or be within six months of the anticipated award of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Adult Psychiatry at the time of interview for the post.

Low frequency on-call (1 in 30) with full second tier on call and 1 day off after your on call.

We offer ample opportunities for our consultants’ professional development and opportunities for additional work for additional PAs (require negotiation).

This advert closes on Thursday 2 Jan 2025.