The Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the inpatient team on Austen ward, Hollins Park, Warrington.
Austen ward is an all-male general adult ward, with 17 beds. There will be x2 junior doctors for the ward, which may increase 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 has become vacant because of the previous post holder retiring after 20+ years of service with the Trust.
At Mersey Care, we are passionate about mental health and wellbeing and delivering the best possible care for the people we serve. Quality, recovery, and wellbeing are at the heart of everything that we do. The Trust is focused on driving change and innovation by supporting and enhancing the leadership role of our senior clinicians, and this role would offer opportunities for you to lead and develop excellent practice in the field.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Consultant psychiatrist responsibility for all patients on Austen ward.
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 (RC) 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 the Trust’s risk management processes.
8. Provide medical leadership to the team.
9. Liaise with carers and maintain effective communication with other services.
10. Provide clinical/educational supervision to junior colleagues.
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. 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.
Clinical Leadership:
1. Participation in business planning for the locality and contribution to the broader strategic and planning work of the Trust.
2. Leading the improvement of the quality of care within the team and contributing to improving quality across the system.
Teaching and Training:
1. Teaching commitments of the post, with support in place to achieve Trust-wide teaching arrangements.
2. Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate clinical training.
3. Providing educational supervision of trainees.
4. Participation in continuing medical education within statutory limits.
The post holder would be expected to be approved as a Responsible Clinician or be willing to undertake training to obtain AC status / Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.
Clinical Governance:
1. Expected contribution to clinical governance and responsibility for setting and monitoring standards.
2. Participation in clinical audit and other local assurance processes.
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 consultant on-call rota for Mid Mersey. There is usually always a higher trainee ST4-6 as second on call and a CT first on call during weekday evenings & nights and all-day weekends. On-call availability supplement is 1% - Band B low frequency, low intensity.
Please see job description for further details.
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