Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult Inpatients (Windsor House)

Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult Inpatients (Windsor House)ConsultantMain area: General Adult Psychiatry
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 350-MED6287397-B
Site: Windsor House
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Plus 10% R&R (non contractual) and 1% on-call
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/01/2025 23:59
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Job overviewThe Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the inpatient team on Windsor House Unit in Liverpool.
Windsor House is a mixed sex general adult ward, with 24 patients (15 male and 9 female patients).
There will be x2 junior doctors for the ward, an FY1 and FY2 trainees.
These may be up to 3 depending on how the training posts are filled in each rotation.
The post holder will have clinical supervisor responsibilities for the trainees on the Unit.
The post currently attracts a 10% R&R payment (which will be reviewed next year).
Main duties of the jobConsultant psychiatrist responsibility for all patients in Windsor House.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.
Person specificationQualificationsMB BS or equivalent medical qualification.Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.Additional 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 appointment.Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.TransportHolds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.Clinical Skills, Knowledge & ExperienceExcellent knowledge in specialty.Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.Academic Skills & Lifelong LearningAble to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.Ability to work in and lead a team.Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.Participated in continuous professional development.Participated in research or service evaluation.Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation.Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.Has led clinical audits leading to service change.Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence.
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
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You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration.

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