Consultant Psychiatrist

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Rehabilitation and High Support Care Hub provides Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services to patients from the Greater Manchester area. The directorate is renowned for high quality service delivery, excellent staff opportunities and innovative service developments, having expanded bed numbers more than three-fold in the past ten years. We continue to explore and develop new services for specialist mental health provision. Pennine Care offers consultants a number of benefits, including a significant well-being offer, subsidised salary sacrifice care leasing scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, retail and restaurant discounts, coaching/mentoring and peer group support.

Main duties of the job

To provide Responsible Clinician duties to up to 23 Low secure rehabilitation inpatient. To manage, appraise & give professional supervision to junior medical staff in accordance with the Trust's personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Health Education England framework. To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients. To record clinical activity accurately & comprehensively, & submit this promptly. To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality &, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service. To participate in annual appraisal for consultants. To attend & participate in the academic programme of the Trust. To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Approved Clinician Status, & to abide by professional codes of conduct. To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager. To work with local managers & professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, & share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management. To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders & financial instructions.. See Job Spec for full details.

About us

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#PennineCarePeopleand 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