OverviewJob description is pending Royal College approval.

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a substantive full-time consultant to this newly established post with Oldham Mental Health Services. This post will cover the Central sector within the Oldham area and has been created due to the current consultant moving to another role within the trust.

The Oldham general adult psychiatry service (generally for people aged 16 to 64) operates with a model where consultants are deployed across community/outpatient, Early Intervention Service, inpatient areas including Home Treatment and AandE Liaison, and Living Well. The appointed consultant will work with other sector consultants (East, West and South sector community outpatients).

Oldham borough has a new state-of-the-art TMS suite and is the only NHS provider for this service in the North West. The Trust has a strong teaching commitment and candidates will be expected to contribute to teaching medical and nursing staff. There are links to research projects such as Bright Mind, FreshSTART, and Gamechange. The Consultants contribute to local service user and carer groups. The Central sector covers South and East Oldham (Chadderton; Royton and Shaw; Delph, Uppermill, Lees, Ashton Under Lyne). Patients are seen in hospital and community clinics, at home, or in other clinical settings as clinically indicated. Outpatient clinics are held at the Cherrywood Clinic on the Royal Oldham Hospital site and at the Werneth Primary Care Centre (1.5 miles from the hospital).

The consultant in this post will work with the East, South and West Sector CMHTs and with the Care Management and Review Team, a sub-team supporting people with more stable but long-term mental illnesses.

The Trust provides high-quality mental health and learning disability services, inpatient and community-based, across five boroughs of Greater Manchester: Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. The Trust’s vision is a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities, and staff work to deliver the best care. The Trust is proud of its #PennineCarePeople and aims to be a great place to work.

All individuals are encouraged to apply regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership. Applications from individuals with lived experience of mental illness, including carers, are welcome.

If you join us, you can expect a range of benefits and development opportunities, including:

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

Flexible working opportunities to support work/life balance

Access to Continuing Professional Development

Involvement in improvement and research activities

Health and wellbeing activities and access to staff wellbeing services

Staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Job responsibilitiesPlease see attached job description and person specification to support your application. Refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which highlight the skills, knowledge and experience needed to strengthen your application and maximise your shortlist opportunity.

Person specificationMedical DegreeEssential: MBChB or equivalentDesirable: Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.

GMC registrationEssential: Full registration with GMCDesirable: In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice.

Specialist registerEssential: Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.

AC statusEssential: Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.

S12 approvalEssential: Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.

Knowledge in psychiatryEssential: 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 (DBS) CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, a DBS disclosure will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

ExpiryThis advert closes on Thursday 16 Oct 2025.

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