Consultant Psychiatrist (Community Mental Health and Memory Service)

Consultant Psychiatrist (Community Mental Health and Memory Service) Consultant

Main area: Community Mental Health and Memory Service
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent: 10% R&R (non contractual) and 1% on call supplement
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 350-MED-A

Site: South Sefton Neighbourhood Centre
Town: Waterloo
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/12/: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 and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.

Job overview

As a Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist working for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust you will be responsible for ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high quality care.

As a leader of the outpatient multi-disciplinary team at the South Sefton Neighbourhood Centre in Waterloo, Liverpool, you will manage the community mental health team and Memory service, providing clinical care to service users who have been referred for older adults mental health care and specialist cognitive assessment.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be the Responsible Clinician for patients in their caseload within the Community Mental Health Team and Memory Service. They will take an active part in the clinical work of the team and a lead role in the development of the service. The post holder will be expected to provide leadership to the Team whose role is to provide assessment, management and support to older adults who have been referred for assessment of cognitive function and functional mental disorders.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The overall pathway for the older adult service at SSNC is as below:

• All referrals are added to the Assessment pathway upon receipt.
• The initial assessment is completed by medics within the team.
• Referrals are received from the GP/first response service/other medical specialty and is triaged by the post holder.
• For cognitive assessments, once the initial assessment is completed, if a diagnosis of dementia is confirmed, treatment is commenced.
• For functional patients, referrals are triaged by the postholder and, if deemed suitable for assessment, an appointment is arranged.

Person specification Qualifications

• MbChb, MBBS or equivalent
• Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent

Transport

• Holds valid UK driving licence and will use own car for work related travel OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

Registration

• Full registration with General Medical Council
• Inclusion on or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council or within 6 months of CCST/CCT or equivalent in Old age Psychiatry at date of interview

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.