Consultant Psychiatrist – General Adult – Neighbourhood team

Overview

In this Community Consultant Psychiatrist role, you will provide expert psychiatric input within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team in Rochdale, leading a multidisciplinary service. You will help define care pathways, support GP decisions, and contribute to service redesign and teaching. The post offers teaching, research links, and active involvement with user and carer groups. You will work to develop the team, enhance patient care, and engage with local and divisional service development.

Pay / Benefits

• professional development opportunities
• teaching responsibilities
• opportunities for additional work for PAs (negotiable)
• salary with pro rata arrangement
• permanent contract
• full-time post

Responsibilities

• Offer expert psychiatric advice to GPs for patients not open to secondary care
• Advise on medication, signposting, and diagnostic decisions
• Provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team
• Help develop and expand the team and deliver training for new staff
• Champion the service with stakeholders and contribute to service redesign
• Deliver high-quality mental health care for adults with severe and enduring illness in the community
• Collaborate with other teams and consultants for coherent care across Rochdale
• Attend local and divisional service development meetings
• Work within Living Well/Neighbourhood Model in Rochdale
• Support teaching commitments for medical and nursing staff
• Engage with research projects and clinical audits
• Maintain links with user and carer groups

Key requirements

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Excellent knowledge in specialty; strong clinical skills with bio-psycho-social approach
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Participant in CPD, research or service evaluation, and clinical audit
• Desirable: additional qualifications in medical education, research or management
• Desirable: experience in education, research, audit and service improvement

• Excellent oral and written communication in English
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Evidence-based decision making with team input
• Bio-psycho-social clinical approach
• Clinical leadership and team management
• MHA and MCA compliance knowledge

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