Job summary
Consultant Psychiatrist - Fully registered medical practitioner.

Permanent - Part time 22.5 hours per week.

Full UK driving license with access to vehicle for work purposes.

This is a community post and requires travel between locations in Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, although you will be working alongside other medics to minimise travel where possible. Reviews mainly take place face-to-face but there is an option for remote working up to 1 day per week, according to service needs.

This is a great opportunity for a motivated Consultant Psychiatrist with substantial mental health expertise to take on a senior clinical leadership role within a well-established service. This is a part-time post of 0.6 WTE (6 PAs), worked flexibly across the week as agreed. You will work alongside a second Consultant Psychiatrist and a Speciality Doctor colleague within a strong multi-disciplinary team, which includes Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Psychologists, Psychotherapists, a Dietician, Residential Managers and Support Workers. You will be supported in your career, with study leave available and excellent opportunities for continuing professional development.

Main duties of the job
Essential Criteria:

• Full UK Driving License
• Medical Practitioner with GMC Specialist Registration, on the Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry or Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (or within 6 months of CCT/CESR award at the time of interview)
• Approval under Section 12(2) MHA 1983/current Approved Clinician status, or eligibility to apply
• Experience managing complex mental health presentations in community or in-patient settings
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and organisational abilities
• Leadership skills and ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of an MDT
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty, providing senior clinical decision-making and support to the wider team

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of working with Complex Emotional Needs and complex trauma presentations
• Experience of eating disorders, in either an inpatient or community setting
• Knowledge of systemic models
• Knowledge of attachment disorders
• Knowledge of neurodevelopmental assessments
• Experience of clinical and/or educational supervision of junior medical staff

About us
We are seeking a part-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join Care in Mind, a unique specialist mental health supported residential care service based in the North of England. We work with a range of young people and young adults between the ages of 16-30 years, who have complex mental health presentations including Complex Emotional Needs and Eating Disorders, with associated risk issues. Our CQC registered services are all provided in partnership with the NHS and local authorities.

Over the past 15 years we have built a reputation for working effectively with many complex young people, who have often spent long periods in hospital or secure care or have had multiple failed placements. We are proud of our outcomes in terms of working collaboratively with young people to stabilise them in placement, support them in reducing risks and work with them toward independence.

Details
Date posted: 28 August 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Competitive salary and benefits - Pro rata equivalent
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: CO:CLCP2
Job locations: Hope House, Stockport, SK30UX, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
As a Consultant Psychiatrist you will:

• Work closely with alongside the multidisciplinary team to provide safe, responsive and high quality care to our service users in a collaborative and person-centred manner
• Provide direct clinical assessment, formulation and psychiatric interventions to the service users within Care in Minds care
• Your day-to-day caseload will be centred around the residents of five residential homes, with five to six residents in each. In addition there may be small numbers of independence or in-reach placements. As such your caseload will not exceed 30 service users at any one time.
• Offer psychiatric consultation and advice to clinical and residential teams as appropriate
• Take a psychiatry lead role in monthly multidisciplinary reviews and 6 monthly CPA meetings for each of our service users, usually taking place in the residential home and often involving external professionals
• Liaise with external professionals around risks and complex presentations of our young people
• Document notes from consultations and MDT discussions accurately and contemporaneously
• Provide prescriptions and GP letters in a timely manner following reviews to ensure minimal delays in the provision of indicated medication
• To maintain an overview of medication management plans, GP Letters, MHA and Mental capacity assessments
• Liaising with external physical health services such as GPs, AED departments and secondary care as required to ensure a joined-up approach with our service around agreed management plans
• To undertake Mental Health Act recommendations where required
• Partake in Audit and Service Development in areas of interest
• Always maintain confidentiality and comply with Care in Minds Equal Opportunities Policy
• Ensure completion of statutory & mandatory training

Additional Information
The application form must be completed in full
Please forward us a CV in addition to your application
UK Registration- Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website Overseas health professionals | Health Careers.
Care in Mind operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
We are an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.
We reserve the right to close the advert early should we appoint a suitable candidate.
If you would like an informal chat about the position, please email the recruitment team at jobs@careinmind.com

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits, pro rata for 0.6 WTE
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays (Rising to 31 plus bank holidays with service)
• An additional day off each year for your birthday
• Enhanced company pension
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Free on-site parking
• Healthcare Cashplan with costs provided towards dental and optical care and a range of other healthcare treatments and benefits including discounted gym memberships
• Employee Assistance Programme / 24-hour Counselling Service
• Life Assurance 2 x your annual salary
• Online shopping discounts, free eye tests and various other benefits
• Excellent Learning and Development opportunities

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Fully registered Medical Practitioner
• Evidence of satisfactory completion of CCT/CESR
• Approval under Sec 12 MHA 1983/current Approved Clinician Status

Desirable

• Membership of Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• Experience working with Complex PTSD/ Personality Disorders either in community or in-patient setting
• Substantial experience working at senior/consultant level in general adult/child & adolescent psychiatry, or equivalent

Desirable

• Experience of working with eating disorders, in either an inpatient or community setting

Skills
Essential

• Excellent written communications skills in English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

Desirable

• Knowledge or training in systemic models
• Knowledge or training in attachment disorders
• Knowledge or training in neurodevelopmental assessments
• Experience of clinical and/or educational supervision of junior medical staff

Other
Essential

• Ability to communicate orally
• Have access to a vehicle for work purposes with the ability to travel to the sites within the Care in Mind portfolio

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.

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

Employer details
Employer name: Care In Mind
Address: Hope House, Stockport, SK30UX, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.careinmind.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Recruitment Department
jobs@careinmind.com
01616383285

We are an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.
We reserve the right to close the advert early should we appoint a suitable candidate.