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-C

Site: Windsor House

Town: Liverpool

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

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 02/03/: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 particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.

Job overview

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). The post holder will have clinical supervisor responsibilities for junior doctors on the Unit.

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. Be the responsible clinician for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007).
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 and maintain effective communication with other services.
10. 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.
• 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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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.