Specialty Doctor - Adult In-Patients Knowsley
Main area: Psychiatry
Grade: Specialty Doctor
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 350-MED6897288
Site: Knowsley Resource & Recovery Centre
Town: Prescot
Salary: £59,175 - £95,400 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 07/02/2025
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
The Trust is seeking a Specialty doctor in Psychiatry to work as part of the inpatient team at Knowsley. This is a permanent post, which will be available due to the reconfiguration of the medical model at Knowsley adult inpatient wards. The post holder would support the Consultants across two wards, Coniston and Grasmere units.
Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre has an adult mental health facility based on Whiston Hospital Site, Prescot. There are 2 acute adult wards namely: Coniston (Male ward), and Grasmere (Female). All wards across the Trust take admissions, as well as patient transfers.
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.
Main duties of the job
* Support the Consultant Psychiatrist providing medical input for patients across Coniston and Grasmere wards.
* 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.
* Provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager’s hearings.
* Carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust’s risk management processes.
* Provide medical leadership to the team.
* Liaise with carers and maintain effective communication with other services.
* Provide clinical 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.
Transport
* Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
* Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
* Approved under Section 12 or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
* Minimum 3 years experience working in psychiatry.
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
* Excellent knowledge in specialty.
* Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
* Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
* Makes decisions based on evidence and experience.
* Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
* Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post.
Academic Skills & Lifelong learning
* Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
* Ability to work and lead a team.
* Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working.
* Participated in Continuous professional development.
* Participated in research or service evaluation.
* Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
* Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement.
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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