The Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the inpatient team at Clock View Hospital, Liverpool. The post is a newly created position due to the reconfiguration of the medical model at Clock View Hospital. The post will be one of four general adult inpatient Consultants at Clock View Hospital, responsible for 17 patients on Morris ward, which is a male acute ward.
Clock View Hospital is a purpose-built adult mental health facility based in Walton, Liverpool, opened in 2015. There are three acute adult wards: Alt (mixed ward), Dee (female), and Morris (male). Clock View also houses Newton ward, a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and an old age ward, Irwell.
The post currently attracts a 10% R&R payment (which will be reviewed next year).
Responsibilities:
1. Consultant psychiatrist responsibility for 17 patients on Morris 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. Act as 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.
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.
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, as well as specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services.
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. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
The post holder would be responsible for 17 patients on Morris ward. On average, there are approximately 3 admissions per week to Morris in total, with around 3 discharges. There is on average one Mental Health Review Tribunal hearing each week.
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