Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of dedicated consultants and other members of the multidisciplinary teams to help shape a modernising mental health service, which has been transformed following recent changes in community settings and inpatient provision.
Location
The Inpatient Unit is at Laureate hospital on the site of Wythenshawe Hospital in south Manchester.
Responsibilities
* Provide clinical leadership for the ward team and trainees.
* Conduct daily ward reviews and ward rounds, support the team to complete CPA.
* Undertake admissions assessments and assist the team to diagnose and formulate management plans in all presentations.
* Assess and manage risk including vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others.
* Coordinate care with input from pharmacists.
* Prepare Mental Health Review Tribunal and Managers’ Hearings reports and attend subsequent hearings.
* Prepare consent to treatment paperwork and any other MHA work such as section 17 leave, section renewals and CTOs if required.
* Work in a collaborative way with multidisciplinary teams including external partners.
* Work in partnership with psychiatrists from partner providers such as Forensic and Rehabilitation Psychiatrists.
Job Share
Job share with another part time consultant.
Ward Details
The ward has 17 beds and patients can be admitted from across the trust’s patch. The patient split will be 8+1, new admissions will alternate to each consultant.
Employer Overview
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff, delivering services from more than 122 locations across Greater Manchester, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan.
Benefits and Development
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Application Deadline
This advert closes on Monday 27 Oct 2025.
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