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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Post Details

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.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ankur Khanna Job title: Clinical Director Email address: ankur.khanna1@nhs.net Telephone number: 07595 382 965

Please make contact with me if interested so a bespoke package and ways of working can be discussed.