Consultant Adolescent Psychiatrist: Sponsorship Available

Pennine Care NHS FT

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, dynamic Consultant to join our organisation to work in a substantive position as a Consultant Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatrist.

This post is one of two Consultant Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry posts for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. This post holder will provide clinical leadership for the Hope Unit – Adolescent in-patient service with a focus on assessment / short stay treatments, utilising an acute care pathway (6-8 week admissions).

Main duties of the job

To lead the clinical team in a regional service, providing emergency, urgent and elective multi-disciplinary assessment & treatment for adolescent inpatients with complex or enduring mental health problems. To provide specialist consultation and advice to referring MH teams (CAMHS and Working Age Adult MH Services), Local Authorities and CCG’s across the Trust footprint & across the NW, pertaining to young people with complex mental health care needs. To take clinical responsibility for all 12 young people who are inpatient on the unit, & manage a caseload of clients who are receiving direct high intensity input. To adhere to the policies & procedures in support of the caseload, maintaining appropriate clinical records, confidentiality & admin. To work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, participating in & helping to lead in management of referrals, admission & discharge planning, CPA reviews & effective handover to Borough MH teams & Local Authorities & updates for commissioners. To utilise the Care Programme Approach & also The New Mental Health Act, The Children Act & The Mental Capacity Act when req’d. To work in partnership with other professionals/agencies involved in the care of young people, across departmental & organisational boundaries. For further info see full job description.

Person Specification

Educational Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration

Desirable

  • Published research MRCPsych

Professional/Occupational Qualifications

Essential

  • Possession of CCT in either Child & Adolescent Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry, or be within 6 months of achieving this or entered on the GMC Specialist Register
  • Section 12 Approval under Mental Health Act 183, or be eligible for approval. Approved Clinician Status.

Desirable

  • Other postgraduate degrees e.g. MSc, MD, MRCP etc
  • Experience in the use of the Mental Health Act (1983)

Job Training

Essential

  • Evidence of possession of competencies as laid out within PMETB higher training curriculum for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, or General Adult psychiatry

Desirable

  • Clinical experience / placement or training post within a whole time Adolescent Service

Job Experience

Essential

  • Registered for CPD with the RCPsych

Special Aptitudes & Skills – Job Specific

Essential

  • Excellent Leadership skills. Commitment to share ideas with colleagues, to develop and improve the service as a whole.
  • Ability to work across organisational boundaries
  • Ability to work creatively and flexibly with teams around complex client groups.
  • Excellent team working skills
  • Evidence of audit activity

Desirable

  • Prior evidence of strong clinical leadership and / or service development elsewhere
  • Evidence of establishing care pathways, and leading creative team work with complex clients
  • Published audit

Special Aptitudes & Skills – Communications

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Cultural competency
  • Qualities essential to make a good educational supervisor of trainees in psychiatry
  • Commitment to training and teaching

Desirable

  • Current or past educational supervisor of basic trainee and a specialist registrar
  • Evidence of previous experience in teaching

Special Aptitudes & Skills – Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of key legislation NSF, NICE, MHA, MCA, Children Act

Desirable

  • Evidence of using these to inform practice

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 7 October 2026

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