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-MED6287397-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 06/04/2025 23:59

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. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.

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 patients). There will be x2 junior doctors for the ward an FY1 and FY2 trainees. These may be up to 3 depending on how the training posts are filled in each rotation. 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

• Consultant psychiatrist responsibility for all patients in Windsor House.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• To provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager’s hearings.
  
• To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust’s risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement Meetings.
  
• To provide medical leadership to the team.
  
• Liaise with carers.
  
• The post holder will be expected to maintain effective communication with other services.
  
• Provide clinical/educational supervision to junior colleagues.
  
  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 (Halton, Warrington, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton and St Helens) and is 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.
  
  Detailed job description and main responsibilities
  
  Within North Mersey region of Liverpool, Inpatient care is provided within teams at Broadoak Unit, Clock View Hospital, Windsor House, all based in Liverpool, and Hartley Hospital based in Southport. Inpatient care for service users within Mid Mersey region of Mersey Care is provided by Consultants working within the teams at Peasley Cross Hospital St Helens, Hollins Park Hospital at Warrington, Brooker centre at Runcorn and Knowsley Resource centre at Whiston hospital site Knowsley.
  
  All wards across the Trust take admissions, as well as patient transfers.
  
  The post holder would be responsible for up to 24 patients in total - 15 male and 9 female patients on Windsor House. On average there are approximately 5 admissions per week with around 4 discharges. About 50 per cent of the admitted patients are detained at any given time and there is on average one to two Mental Health Review Tribunal hearing each month.
  
  Clinical Leadership:
  
  Participation in business planning for the locality and, as appropriate, contribution to the broader strategic and planning work of the
  
  Leading the improvement of the quality of care within the team and contribute to improving quality across the system.
  
  Clinical Duties:
  
  
• Consultant psychiatrist responsibility for Windsor House unit, Liverpool.
  
• Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for inpatients.
  
• Support ward based staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
  
• Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings.
  
• 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.
  
• To provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager’s hearings.
  
• To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust’s risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management Meetings (H-RAMM) and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) Meetings.
  
• To provide medical leadership to the inpatient team.
  
• Liaise with families / carers.
  
• Liaise with aspects of the Criminal Justice System regarding patients.
  
• Liaise with other stakeholders and interested parties.
  
• The post holder will be expected to maintain effective communication with other services, including in-patient and community mental health teams, and primary care.
  
• Provide clinical/educational supervision to junior colleagues.
  
  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 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
  
• 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
  
  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 including the contribution of others
  
• 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
  
• Ability to work in and lead team
  
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
  
• Participated in continuous professional development
  
• Participated in research or service evaluation
  
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
  
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
  
• 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 evaluation
  
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
  
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change
  
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