Consultant Psychiatrist - Norris Green CMHTMersey Care NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist inpatient and community mental health, learning disabilities, addiction services and acquired brain injury services for the people of Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby, Merseyside.
Applications are invited for a full-time (10 PAs + 1 additional programmed activity) Consultant Psychiatrist to join Norris Green Community Mental Health Team for adults of working age.
Main duties of the jobThis is an exciting time to be joining adult mental health services with the implementation of a new clinical model that is already yielding improvements in care throughout the pathway, supported by more effective team working with primary care and adult inpatient acute care colleagues.
Mersey Care NHS FT is an innovative well-led Trust, with an aspiration of Perfect Care for all of its service users, delivered through a supportive "Just Culture" environment for staff.
For Consultant Psychiatrists, it offers excellent opportunities for professional development, research and medical management roles.
Job responsibilitiesThe Division operates a total of 18 adult Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) based in 7 community hub sites across the North Mersey footprint.
All adult CMHTs operate within a functional model meaning that post holders work with community patients only and are not required to maintain responsibility for inpatients, which instead come under the care of the Inpatient Consultants.
There is an adult Single Point of Access (SPA) Team with its own dedicated Consultant and multidisciplinary team, which triages all referrals into the service.
Only those referrals deemed appropriate for CMHT input following assessment are passed on to the adult CMHTs.
Person SpecificationQualificationsMB BS or equivalent medical qualification.Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.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.Clinical Skills, Knowledge & ExperienceExcellent knowledge in specialty of General Adult Psychiatry.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.Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.Ability to work constructively in and to lead a multidisciplinary team.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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum, plus 10% R&R (non contractual) and on call.
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