Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult Inpatients (Windsor House)

Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult Inpatients (Windsor House) Consultant

Main area: General Adult Psychiatry

Grade: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week

Job ref: 350-MED-D

Site: Windsor House

Town: Liverpool

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Plus 10% R&R (non contractual) and 1% on-call

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 06/04/: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.

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). 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

1. Consultant psychiatrist responsibility for all patients in Windsor House.
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. 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.
6. To provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager's hearings.
7. To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust's risk management processes.
8. To 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
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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