Consultant Psychiatrist for Beech Ward, Bowmere Hospital
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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation NHS Trust are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist. This is a replacement post. The post holder will cover Beech Ward in Bowmere Hospital, Countess of Chester site, Chester 1.0 WTE.
Beech Ward is a mixed sex 22 bedded acute functional mental health ward for adults of working age. It has a fully functional MDT with input from resident doctors including an SAS doctor, core and foundation trainees, Psychology, OT, and Pharmacy.
The consultant will participate in the West Consultant Psychiatrist on-call rota, with a low frequency of not less than one in 13.
Beech Ward provides Acute Care Mental Health Input for patients presenting with various forms of mental disorders including affective disorder, psychosis and personality disorder.
Main duties of the job
The Post-holder Will Be Responsible For Delivering Consultant Psychiatric Input To Patients Referred To And Admitted To Beech Ward And Provide Medical Input Into SPA, In Line With The Agreed Acute Service Operational Policy. This Includes:
1. To provide senior medical input to Beech ward patients, ensuring safe and timely service provision for service users.
2. To take Consultant and RC responsibility for service users in Beech ward.
3. To provide intensive and expert intervention and management of service users with acute, chronic and severely enduring mental illness in line with the acute inpatient care pathway.
4. To work flexibly and creatively as part of a multidisciplinary team promoting informed risk taking and anti-discriminatory practice.
5. To liaise with both internal and external interfaces concerning admissions and transfers/discharges.
6. To offer expert risk assessment and management skills.
7. To ensure that a high quality safe clinical service is provided to all service users by working in partnership with MDT, ward manager and other senior managers.
About Us
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
Job Description
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
1. Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
2. MRCPsych
3. Additional clinical qualifications.
Eligibility
1. Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
2. Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
3. Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
4. Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
1. Excellent knowledge in specialty.
2. Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
3. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
4. Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
5. Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
6. Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
Employer details
Employer name: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Bowmere Hospital, Chester, CH2 1UL
Employer's website: CWP Website
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