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All our live jobs are listed here. If you can't find the job or role you're looking for, please do check back or register your interest for jobs so we can keep you posted. NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Main area Psychiatry Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 311-M218-25-P Site Irwell Unit, Fairfield Hospital Town Bury Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/09/2026 23:59 If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople 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 Working for our organisation 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. Detailed job description and main responsibilities 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) Person specification Required Criteria and Qualifications 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. 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 Sponsorship Information - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
Pre-Employment Checks - To confirm your suitability for the role, we will carry out pre-employment checks in line with NHS Employment Check Standards. These include: Identity verification Right to work check Disclosure and bar