Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult InpatientsConsultantMain area: General Adult
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 350-MED4486632-M
Site: Broadoak Unit, Broadgreen Hospital
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum plus 10% R&R (non contractual)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/11/2024 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
Job overviewThe Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the inpatient team on Harrington ward, at the Broadoak Unit in Liverpool. The post is one of three inpatient Consultants at Broadoak Unit. Harrington ward is a female general adult ward, with 17 patients.
Work is underway on a state of the art, purpose-built hospital in South Liverpool, which will replace Broadoak unit once completed. The post holder will move to the new unit once complete.
At Mersey Care we are passionate about mental health and wellbeing and delivering the best possible care for the people we serve. Quality, recovery and wellbeing are at the heart of everything that we do.
The Trust is focused on driving change and innovation by supporting and enhancing the leadership role of our senior clinicians and this role would offer opportunities for you to lead and develop excellent practice in the field.
Main duties of the jobConsultant psychiatrist responsibility for Harrington ward.Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for inpatients.Support staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings.To be the responsible clinician for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and carry out duties in accordance with the code of practice.To provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager's hearings.To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust's risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement Meetings.To provide medical leadership to the team.Liaise with carers.The post holder will be expected to maintain effective communication with other services.Provide clinical/educational supervision to junior colleagues.Working for our organisationMersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region (Halton, Warrington, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton and St Helens) and is also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Person specificationQualificationsMB BS or equivalent medical qualificationQualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or managementAdditional clinical qualifications.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 appointmentApproved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointmentIn good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practiceTransportHolds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternativeClinical Skills, Knowledge & ExperienceExcellent knowledge in specialtyExcellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledgeExcellent oral and written communication skills in EnglishAble to manage clinical complexity and uncertaintyMakes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of othersAble to meet duties under MHA and MCAWide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable serviceAcademic Skills & Lifelong LearningAble to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and trainingAbility to work in and lead teamDemonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.Participated in continuous professional developmentParticipated in research or service evaluationAble to use and appraise clinical evidenceHas actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmesAble to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this postReflected on purpose of CPD undertakenExperienced in clinical research and / or service evaluationEvidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publicationsHas led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
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