Specialty Doctor - General Adult Psychiatry - Early Intervention Team (NHS Medical & Dental: Sp[...]

Greater Manchester Mental Health; Salford; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in the UK is looking for a Specialty Doctor to join the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team in Salford. This full-time role involves assessing and managing community patients with psychotic conditions, contributing to impactful care efforts. Applicants must have MRCPsych or an equivalent qualification along with relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Possession of MRCPsych or equivalent qualification is mandatory.
• Experience in detention of patients under the MHS (1983) required.
• Experience in writing reports for the Mental Health Review Tribunals is expected.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage patients with psychotic conditions in the community.
• Conduct follow-up appointments, typically with care coordinators.
• Assess 1-2 new patients each week.

Skills

Assessment of psychotic conditions

Management of patients

Report writing for tribunals

Education

MRCPsych or equivalent qualification

Job description

Specialty Doctor - General Adult Psychiatry - Early Intervention Team

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

Main area EIT Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 437-MD-7223316

Site 7 Wesley Street Town Salford Salary £59,175 - £95,400 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

This is a great opportunity for a Specialty Doctor to join the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team in Salford. This is an established post which has become vacant due to the post holder taking up higher training.

Main duties of the job

This is a full - time appointment for a Specialty Doctor in psychiatry to work in an established post in the Salford Early Intervention in Psychosis Team. The post consists of assessment and management of patients with psychotic conditions in the community. The team currently has a caseload of approximately 220. Almost all these service users are on CPA and will have care coordinators. The successful candidate would assess 1-2 new patients a week and conduct follow-up appointments. These appointments will take place either at the patient’s home or within a community base and will generally be undertaken jointly with the care co-ordinator.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) is one of the leading mental health trusts in the UK.

Serving a population of 1.2 million people, the Trust employs around 6,400 people who make a difference across 160 locations. Situated in one of the most exciting and affordable cities in Europe, GMMH provides community and inpatient mental health care, alongside substance misuse services across the North West.

GMMH is one of the most active research trusts in the UK, with one of the highest levels of recruitment to clinical trials for mental health. This puts our staff and service users at the leading edge of new mental health treatments.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

The Trust provides a range of specialist services including prison in reach across the North of England, a specialist centre for mental health and deafness and in patient perinatal mental health care.

We have been rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Our substance misuse services and leadership were rated as ‘Outstanding’.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details about this role and requirements please find attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Possession of MRCPsych or equivalent qualification
• Section 12 (2) Approval under Mental Health Act 1983 or be eligible for approval within 6 months.

Experience

• Experience in detention of patients under the MHS (1983)
• Experience of writing reports for the Mental Health Review Tribunals

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – clickhere .

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 09/04/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here .

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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