Specialty Doctor - Crisis Resolution​/Treatment Team | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 9RW

Contract Type: Permanent

Disability Confident: No

Closing Date: Thursday 19 Mar 2026

The Home Treatment Team is available as an alternative to admission and facilitates early discharge.

The post covers the geographic area of Tameside and Glossop.

The Tameside Home Treatment Team is based on the first floor in the Buckton building at Tameside General Hospital.

It is easily accessible by public transport and has adequate car parking facilities. (See Job Description for more information) The post holder will be involved with all patients under the Home Treatment Team (HTT). The service is part of the urgent care pathway and works with patients aged 18 years to 65 years (can be older if under GA services) as an alternative to hospital admission.

There are close working relationships with the Mental Health Liaison services, inpatient services, CMHTs, EIT, outpatient psychiatrists and the Perinatal Team.

The team is currently small, with capacity for 15- 20 patients who need home treatment as an alternative to admission or who are being transitioned to the community from the ward.

However, the team is currently developing and growing capacity to provide a service for patients in crisis. (See Job Description for more information) 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 really proud of our Pennine Care People  and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
• To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
• To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department.
• To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12 approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
• To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation.
• To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services.
• To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
• Compliance with legal obligations covering clinical practice (e.g. Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, Mental Capacity Act and The Children Act etc.)
• Compliance with proper and safe discharge procedures for HTT
• A commitment to ensuring that people from all ethnic groups have equitable access to appropriate services.
• Ensuring successful multidisciplinary working
• Maintaining good relationships with other teams including CMHTs, inpatient and outpatient services, General Practitioners, social services and voluntary sector organisations.
• Compliance with procedures whereby doctors report concerns about the professional conduct or competence of.
• Compliance with Trust procedures that involve users in their care.
• Joining the 2nd-tier middle grade on call rota when s12 compliant.
• Support will be given to become s12 approved.
• Participating in medical and multidisciplinary audit and other procedures for Clinical Governance.
• Participating in the teaching of medical students attached to the service.
• Participating in the Academic Programme organised by the Local Tutor.
• Compliance with the regulations of the Royal College of Psychiatrists on continuing medical education; you will have regular job planning and annual appraisal with a trust approved and trained appraiser.
• Compliance with confidentiality as advised by…