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).
Key Responsibilities:
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) and carry out duties in accordance with the code of practice.
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 such as Health Risk Assessment and Management and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement Meetings.
8. Provide medical leadership to the team.
9. Liaise with carers.
10. Maintain effective communication with other services.
11. Provide clinical/educational supervision to junior colleagues.
About Mersey Care:
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.
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:
1. Participation in business planning for the locality and, as appropriate, contribution to the broader strategic and planning work of the Trust.
2. Leading the improvement of the quality of care within the team and contribute to improving quality across the system.
Teaching and Training:
1. Teaching commitments of post, and support in place to achieve Trust-wide Teaching arrangements in locality/team.
2. Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate clinical training.
3. Providing educational supervision of trainees.
4. Taking part in continuing medical education within statutory limits.
Clinical Governance:
1. Expected contribution to clinical governance and responsibility for setting and monitoring standards.
2. Participation in clinical audit and other local assurance.
3. Participation in service/team evaluation and the planning of future service developments.
On Call and Cover Arrangements:
The post holder will be included in the daily on-call rota for South 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 14 FTE colleagues.
Please see job description for further details.
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