Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult Inpatients (Brunswick Ward)

Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult Inpatients (Brunswick Ward) Consultant

Main area: General Adult Psychiatry

Grade: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week

Job ref: 350-MED-J

Site: Broadoak Unit

Town: Liverpool

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum plus 10% R&R (non contractual) and on call

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 09/01/: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 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.

Job overview

Opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the Inpatients team on Brunswick ward, which is a mixed general adult ward with 22 patients. This ward is part of Broadoak unit with 3 Inpatients Consultants.

Work is underway on a state of the art, purpose-built hospital in South Liverpool, which will replace Broadoak unit once completed.

At Mersey Care, we are passionate about mental health and wellbeing and delivering the best possible care for the people we serve.

Main duties of the job

1. Consultant psychiatrist responsibility for Brunswick ward.
2. Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for Inpatients.
3. Support staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
4. Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings.
5. 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.
6. Provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager's hearings.
7. Carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust's risk management processes.
8. Provide medical leadership to the team.
9. Liaise with carers.
10. Maintain effective communication with other services.
11. Provide clinical/educational supervision to junior colleagues.

Person specification Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• 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.

Transport

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Excellent 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.
• 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 Learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.