OverviewJob description is pending Royal College approval.

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to make a substantive whole time appointment to this newly established post with Bury Mental Health Services. This post will cover a sector of the Bury area. The post has been created due to the current consultant moving to another job in the trust.

The Bury general adult psychiatry service (generally for people aged 16 to 64) has been run since 2008 according to a model whereby our team of consultants are deployed as follows: three consultants work exclusively in the community and outpatient focus areas, one working with the Early Intervention Service, and two inpatient areas including Home Treatment and two AandE Liaison Team. Also one consultant in Living Well.

Within this arrangement, the consultant appointed to this post will work with other sector consultants (East, West and South sector community outpatients).

Main duties of the job

This is a newly created post. This is an exciting time to join the Trust and there are many opportunities to contribute to the organisations'' innovation and for personal development.

Bury has a very strong teaching commitment and candidates will be expected to contribute to the teaching of medical and nursing staff.

Patients will be seen in community clinics, at their own homes or in other clinical settings according to clinical need.

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.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.

Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance

Access to Continued Professional Development

Involvement in improvement and research activities

Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service

Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Job responsibilitiesPlease see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

Person SpecificationMedical Degree

Essential – MBChB or equivalent

Desirable – Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.

GMC registration

Essential – Full registration with GMC

Desirable – In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Specialist register

Essential – Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.

AC status

Essential – Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

S12 approval

Essential – Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Knowledge in psychiatry

Essential – Excellent knowledge in adult psychiatry including knowledge and experience of a range of conditions and complex psychological problems

Desirable – Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Oct 2025

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