Consultant Psychiatrist - Adult Acute
Location: Cheadle, Manchester
Salary: £180,000
Hours: 37.5 hours
Vacancy Type: Permanent - Full Time
Overview:
Our client is seeking a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join their team, providing psychiatric care to adult male and female patients. The role offers the opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team, providing high-quality care to patients experiencing mental health crises.
The Role:
Working in an acute mental health unit offering 24-hour admission services, supporting local NHS services and PICU wards. The unit provides therapeutic engagement to patients with conditions such as schizophrenia, personality disorders, depression, and bipolar disorder. For many patients, this will be their first admission to a mental health ward, and the multi-disciplinary team works to support them through their crisis and into recovery, with the goal of discharge back to the community.
The Consultant Psychiatrist will lead the clinical team, ensuring safe and effective service delivery and providing clinical leadership. The role will also involve contributing to the governance of the unit and supporting the ongoing development of services.
Responsibilities:
Clinical Responsibilities:
Act as the Consultant and Responsible Clinician (RC) as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
Take responsibility for patient care, treatment plans, and assessments alongside the MDT.
Conduct comprehensive asses...