Consultant Psychiatrist - Anfield/Norris Green CMHTThe Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join Norris Green CMHT based at Falklands Approach, L11. The vacancy has arisen as a result of the previous substantive post holder retiring. This post is one of three CMHT general adult consultant psychiatrist posts (the other 2 are also 1 WTE each) within Norris Green hub.
Norris Green Hub serves a catchment area of around 120,000, covering the Mid to North areas of Liverpool for adults of working age. The current post encompasses the Anfield catchment areas. This is a demographically mixed area overall, but with some areas of social deprivation and also some drug and alcohol-related difficulties in an urban environment.
The post holder will carry no responsibility for inpatients.
The staff at Norris Green Hub are organised in three distinct CMHTs. This CMHT consists of:
1 whole time equivalent (WTE) consultant psychiatrist (this post)1 WTE higher/core Psychiatric Trainee.5 WTE dedicated medical secretary, Band 4 and a full-time band 3 shared with the other 2 teams.1 Band 7 team leader5 WTE community psychiatric nurses (band 6 and band 5)7 WTE social workers shared between the 3 teams1 WTE senior occupational therapist, Band 6 shared between the 3 teams4 WTE support time and recovery workers, Band 3 shared between the 3 teamsInput from the Hub Lithium Clinic and Health and Wellbeing Clinic.Main duties of the jobUndertaking referrals from inpatient services, A&E and the access team.CPA reviewsSupervise new to service assessments as requiredUndertake very complex/high risk new to service assessmentsManage a caseload of approximately 55 more complex service users subject to the Care Program Approach (CPA) relatively unchanged.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 the 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 or improved outcomes to patients.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum plus 10% R&R (non-contractual) and 1% on call.
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