Consultant Psychiatrist – Salford Mental Health Liaison Service

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The Salford Mental Health Liaison Team (SMHLT) provide a 24-hour, 7 day a week service to Salford Royal Hospital (SRH), part of the Northern Care Alliance (NCA). The post holder will be joining a multidisciplinary psychiatric liaison service designed to be integrated into the acute hospital but to maintain strong links to mental health services. The Salford Mental Health Liaison Team is one of the most established Liaison Teams in Greater Manchester, with strong links across the city-wide liaison network. The team will provide rapid assessments, treatments and interventions and aid an early safe discharge of patients back into the most appropriate setting. The current psychiatric liaison services receive about 500-600 referrals a month

Main duties of the job

o Ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.

o Undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.

o Record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department.

o Participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.

o Participate in annual appraisal for consultants.

o Attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.

o Maintain good standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists for CPD.o Attend local peer supervision meetings and join CPD peer group (support available to identify)

o Maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval process, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.

o Participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable

  • MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Eligibility

Essential

  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Desirable

  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on 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: 31 July 2026

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