Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult Inpatients (Harrington Ward)

Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult Inpatients (Harrington Ward) Consultant

Main area: General Adult Psychiatry
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 350-MED-M

Site: Broadoak Unit, Broadgreen Hospital
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum plus 10% R&R (non contractual)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/12/: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.

Job overview

The Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the inpatient team on Harrington ward, at the Broadoak Unit in Liverpool. The post is one of three inpatient Consultants at Broadoak Unit. Harrington ward is a female general adult ward, with 17 patients.

Work is underway on a state-of-the-art, purpose-built hospital in South Liverpool, which will replace Broadoak unit once completed. The post holder will move to the new unit once complete.

At Mersey Care, we are passionate about mental health and wellbeing and delivering the best possible care for the people we serve. Quality, recovery, and wellbeing are at the heart of everything that we do.

Main duties of the job

• Consultant psychiatrist responsibility for Harrington ward.
• 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.
• 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.
• Provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager's hearings.
• Carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust's risk management processes.
• Provide medical leadership to the team.
• Liaise with carers and maintain effective communication with other services.
• 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.
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience.
• 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.
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.