Consultant Psychiatrist in Stockport

Main area Consultant Psychiatrist Contract Permanent: Part Time 22.5 Hours Per Week. Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Hybrid role - with travel required around the North West and Yorkshire.) Job ref CO:CLCP2

Site Hope House Town Stockport Salary Competitive salary and benefits - Pro rata equivalent Closing 11/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

Consultant Psychiatrist - Fully registered medical practitioner.

Permanent - Part time 22.5 hours per week.

Full UK driving license with access to vehicle for work purposes.

This is a community post and requires travel between locations in Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, although you will be working alongside other medics to minimise travel where possible. Reviews mainly take place face-to-face but there is an option for remote working up to 1 day per week, according to service needs.

This is a great opportunity for a motivated Consultant Psychiatrist with substantial mental health expertise to take on a senior clinical leadership role within a well-established service. This is a part-time post of 0.6 WTE (6 PAs), worked flexibly across the week as agreed. You will work alongside a second Consultant Psychiatrist and a Speciality Doctor colleague within a strong multi-disciplinary team, which includes Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Psychologists, Psychotherapists, a Dietician, Residential Managers and Support Workers. You will be supported in your career, with study leave available and excellent opportunities for continuing professional development.

Main duties of the job

• Full UK Driving License
• Medical Practitioner with GMC Specialist Registration, on the Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry or Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (or within 6 months of CCT/CESR award at the time of interview)
• Approval under Section 12(2) MHA 1983/current Approved Clinician status, or eligibility to apply
• Experience managing complex mental health presentations in community or in-patient settings
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and organisational abilities
• Leadership skills and ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of an MDT
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty, providing senior clinical decision-making and support to the wider team
• Experience of working with Complex Emotional Needs and complex trauma presentations
• Experience of eating disorders, in either an inpatient or community setting
• Knowledge of systemic models
• Knowledge of attachment disordersKnowledge of neurodevelopmental assessments
• Experience of clinical and/or educational supervision of junior medical staff

Working for our organisation

We are seeking a part-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join Care in Mind, a unique specialist mental health supported residential care service based in the North of England. We work with a range of young people and young adults between the ages of 16-30 years, who have complex mental health presentations including Complex Emotional Needs and Eating Disorders, with associated risk issues. Our CQC registered services are all provided in partnership with the NHS and local authorities.

Over the past 15 years we have built a reputation for working effectively with many complex young people, who have often spent long periods in hospital or secure care or have had multiple failed placements. We are proud of our outcomes in terms of working collaboratively with young people to stabilise them in placement, support them in reducing risks and work with them toward independence.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a Consultant Psychiatrist you will:

• Work closely with alongside the multidisciplinary team to provide safe, responsive and high quality care to our service users in a collaborative and person-centred manner
• Provide direct clinical assessment, formulation and psychiatric interventions to the service users within Care in Mind’s care
• Your day-to-day caseload will be centred around the residents of five residential homes, with five to six residents in each. In addition there may be small numbers of independence or in-reach placements. As such your caseload will not exceed 30 service users at any one time.
• Offer psychiatric consultation and advice to clinical and residential teams as appropriate
• Take a psychiatry lead role in monthly multidisciplinary reviews and 6 monthly CPA meetings for each of our service users, usually taking place in the residential home and often involving external professionals
• Liaise with external professionals around risks and complex presentations of our young people
• Document notes from consultations and MDT discussions accurately and contemporaneously
• Provide prescriptions and GP letters in a timely manner following reviews to ensure minimal delays in the provision of indicated medication
• To maintain an overview of medication management plans, GP Letters, MHA and Mental capacity assessments
• Liaising with external physical health services such as GPs, AED departments and secondary care as required to ensure a joined-up approach with our service around agreed management plans
• To undertake Mental Health Act recommendations where required
• Partake in Audit and Service Development in areas of interest
• Always maintain confidentiality and comply with Care in Mind’s Equal Opportunities Policy
• Ensure completion of statutory & mandatory training

Additional Information

• We are an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits, pro rata for 0.6 WTE
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays (Rising to 31 plus bank holidays with service)
• An additional day off each year for your birthday
• Enhanced company pension
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Free on-site parking
• Healthcare Cashplan with costs provided towards dental and optical care and a range of other healthcare treatments and benefits including discounted gym memberships
• Employee Assistance Programme / 24-hour Counselling Service
• Life Assurance 2 x your annual salary
• Online shopping discounts, free eye tests and various other benefits
• Excellent Learning and Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Fully registered Medical Practitioner
• Evidence of satisfactory completion of CCT/CESR
• Approval under Sec 12 MHA 1983/current Approved Clinician Status
• Membership of Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent

Experience

• Experience working with Complex PTSD/ Personality Disorders either in community or in-patient setting
• Substantial experience working at senior/consultant level in general adult/child & adolescent psychiatry, or equivalent
• Experience of working with eating disorders, in either an inpatient or community setting

Skills

• Excellent written communications skills in English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes
• Knowledge or training in systemic models
• Knowledge or training in attachment disorders
• Knowledge or training in neurodevelopmental assessments
• Experience of clinical and/or educational supervision of junior medical staff

Other

• Ability to communicate orally
• Have access to a vehicle for work purposes with the ability to travel to the sites within the Care in Mind portfolio

Additional Information

• PLEASE NOTE THAT TRAINING WILL BE 6 DAYS HELD AT OUR HEAD OFFICE IN STOCKPORT - REASONABLE EXPENSES WILL BE REIMBURSED.
• As a disability confident employer, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process - please email: jobs@careinmind.com
• Care in Mind operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
• We are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.
• We reserve the right to close the advert early, should we appoint a suitable candidate.
• Please be aware that Care in Mind do not hold a sponsorship licence.

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.