Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry Community CMHT Bury

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 and 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 A&E 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).

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.

Details:

• Date posted: 03 August 2026
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Grade: Consultant
• Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year PA, pro rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 311-M201-25-R
• Job locations: Irwell Unit, Fairfield Hospital, Bury, BL9 7TD, United Kingdom

Please 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 Specification

Qualifications

• Essential: MBChB or equivalent
• Desirable: Possession of MRCPsych or equivalent qualification; Other postgraduate degrees e.g. MSc, MD, MRCP etc.

Eligibility

• Essential: 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).
• Desirable: 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.

Clinical Knowledge

• 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.

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

• Essential: Evidence of teaching and training abilities; Commitment to share the work of the department with colleagues, to develop and improve the service as a whole, and to the organisational philosophy; Registered for CPD with the Royal College of Psychiatrists; Good communication skills; Evidence of audit activity; Available to participate in on-call rota.
• Desirable: Current or past educational supervisor of a basic trainee and a specialist registrar; Evidence of leading the development of services elsewhere; An interest in management and service development; In 'Good professional standing for CPD; Enthusiasm, demonstration of initiative and innovation; Published audit and published research.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Contact Details: For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Director: Dr Ankur Khanna Email: ankur.khanna1@nhs.net Phone: 01617161045