Consultant Psychiatrist – General Adult – CMHT: Sponsorship Available
Job Title: Consultant Psychiatrist
Agency: Pennine Care NHS FT
Location: Bury, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year
Job summary
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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.
Main duties of the job
- 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
Person Specification
Required Criteria and Qualifications
Essential
- MBChB or equivalent
- 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)
- Evidence of teaching and training abilities.
Desirable
- Possession of MRCPsych or equivalent qualification. Other postgraduate degrees e.g. MSc, MD, MRCP etc
- 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.
- Current or past educational supervisor of a basic trainee and a specialist registrar
Closing Date: 17 September 2026
How to Apply;
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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