Overview
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Rehabilitation and High Support Care Hub provides Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services to patients from the Greater Manchester area. The directorate is renowned for high quality service delivery, excellent staff opportunities and innovative service developments, having expanded bed numbers more than three-fold in the past ten years. We continue to explore and develop new services for specialist mental health provision. Pennine Care offers consultants a number of benefits, including a significant well-being offer, subsidised salary sacrifice care leasing scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, retail and restaurant discounts, coaching/mentoring and peer group support.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester – Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re proud of our #PennineCarePeople and strive to be a great place to work. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Responsibilities
* Assume role of Responsible Clinician (RC) and take clinical responsibility for in-patients; lead the multi-disciplinary team to deliver the Care Programme Approach review meetings.
* Maintain approval as an Approved Clinician and under Section 12 of The Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007).
* Provide clinical leadership and supervision to junior medical staff in accordance with the Trust’s policies and procedures; assess competences under the Health Education England framework where appropriate.
* Undertake administrative duties associated with patient care; record clinical activity accurately and promptly; participate in service and business planning for the locality and, where appropriate, the whole mental health service.
* Participate in annual consultant appraisal and attend/participate in the academic programme of the Trust.
* Maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council and Mental Health Act requirements; abide by professional codes of conduct.
* Participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager; collaborate with local managers and professional colleagues to ensure efficient service delivery and contribute to medical management.
* Comply with the Trust’s policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions.
* Involve in out-of-hours on-call at Rochdale for General Adult Working Age patients.
* Maintain high standards with continuing professional development (CPD) and Royal College of Psychiatrists requirements.
* Participate in Clinical Governance, Quality Improvement and supervision of trainees.
Benefits and Working Environment
* Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
* Flexible working opportunities to support work/life balance.
* Access to Continued Professional Development;
* Involvement in improvement and research activities;
* Health and wellbeing activities and access to staff wellbeing services;
* Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.
Additional Notes
This advert closes on Monday 9 Mar 2026.
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