Consultant Psychiatrist - Anfield CMHT

The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join Anfield CMHT based at Norris Green Hub, Falklands Approach, L11. The vacancy has arisen as a result of the previous substantive post holder retiring. This post is one of three CMHT general adult consultant psychiatrist posts (the other 2 are also 1 WTE each) within Norris Green hub.

Norris Green Hub serves a catchment area of around 120,000, covering the Mid to North areas of Liverpool for adults of working age. The current post encompasses the Anfield catchment areas. This is a demographically mixed area overall, but with some areas of social deprivation and some drug and alcohol-related difficulties in an urban environment.

The post holder will carry no responsibility for inpatients.

The staff at Norris Green Hub are organised in three distinct CMHTs. This CMHT consists of:

1. 1 whole time equivalent (WTE) consultant psychiatrist (this post)
2. 1 WTE higher/core Psychiatric Trainee.
3. 5 WTE dedicated medical secretary, Band 4 and a full-time band 3 shared with the other 2 teams.
4. 1 Band 7 team leader
5. 5 WTE community psychiatric nurses (band 6 and band 5)
6. 7 WTE social workers shared between the 3 teams
7. 1 WTE senior occupational therapist, Band 6 shared between the 3 teams
8. 4 WTE support time and recovery workers, Band 3 shared between the 3 teams

Input from the Hub Lithium Clinic and Health and Wellbeing Clinic.

Main duties of the job

1. Undertaking referrals from inpatient services, A&E and the access team.
2. Clinical reviews
3. Supervise new to service assessments as required
4. Undertake very complex/high risk new to service assessments
5. Manage team caseload.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job responsibilities

1. Appraisal and job planning
2. Teaching and training
3. Research
4. Mental Health Act and Responsible Clinician approval
5. Clinical governance and quality assurance
6. External duties, roles and responsibilities
7. Other duties

Work programme

It is envisaged that the post holder will work 10 programmed activities over 5 days. Following appointment there will be a meeting at no later than three months with the clinical manager to review and revise the job plan and objectives of the post holder. The overall split of the programmed activities is 7.5 to be devoted to direct clinical care and 2.5 to supporting professional activities (as per the Royal College of Psychiatrists recommendation). The timetable is indicative only. A formal job plan will be agreed between the post holder and associate medical director or clinical manager three months after commencing the post and at least annually thereafter.

On-call and cover arrangements

The post holder will be included in the daily on-call rota for North Liverpool. There is usually always a higher trainee ST4-6 first on call at night. On-call availability supplement is 1% - Band B low frequency, low intensity and has been consistently for many years. The rota is currently shared with approximately 18 FTE colleagues, from adult, addictions and learning disability services.

Effective local occupational health support (confidential, includes modalities of self-referral, promoted regularly at induction and when in post)

Person Specification Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice 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 with 3 months of appointment.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Transport

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

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Excellent knowledge in specialty of General Adult Psychiatry.
• 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 including the contribution of others.
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Ability to work constructively in and to lead a multidisciplinary team.
• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
• Experienced in clinical research and/or service.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum, plus 10% R&R (non contractual) and on call.