Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team Consultant

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Opportunities for additional PA work

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist in the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team based in Stockport. The role involves medical leadership for patients treated at home or discharged from inpatient settings, with opportunities to contribute to service redesign and teaching.

The post supports working with colleagues to deliver high‑quality care for adults with severe mental illness, across Greater Manchester, with teaching commitments and

Qualifications

• Must be on the GMC Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion, within six months of the anticipated award of a CCT.
• Experience leading and managing care for adults presenting with mental health crises.
• Ability to contribute to teaching, research and service development.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership and management of patients presenting with mental health crises treated at home or supporting discharge from inpatient services.
• Work with other Consultants to ensure high-quality mental health care for adults with complex needs in the Stockport area.
• Attend service development meetings and contribute to service redesign and teaching of staff.

Skills

Medical leadership

Clinical management

Education

GMC Specialist Register or eligible (within 6 months of CCT)

Job description

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

CONSULTANT in Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team

Stockport – 10PAs

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a full-time substantive Consultant Psychiatrist for the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team based in stepping Hill Hospital.

The post holder will provide providing medical leadership and management of patients presenting with mental health crises treated at home or supporting discharge from inpatient services.

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. Stockport 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 with ongoing research projects. The Consultants contribute to local service user & carer groups.

To provide high-quality Mental Health Care for adults presenting with mental health crises treated at home or supporting discharge from inpatient services.

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 Stockport area.

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

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.

On Call frequency is 1 in 27

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

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Sudhir Salujha Job title: Clinical Director Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 716 5716