Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult Inpatients (Windsor House)
Posted 16 days ago by North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Main area: General Adult Psychiatry
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 350-MED-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/: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 equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
The 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. 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 job- Consultant 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.
- To provide medical leadership to the team.
- Liaise with carers.
- Maintain effective communication with other services.
- Provide clinical/educational supervision to junior colleagues.
- MB 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.
- Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective
- 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
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