Consultant Psychiatrist - Park Lodge CMHT | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £99,532 - £131,964 10% R&R (non-contractual) plus on-call supplement |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 June 2024 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L11 5BS |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6332550/350-MED6332550 |
Summary
The Trust is seeking 1 Consultant Psychiatrist for the Park Lodge CMHT. This post is one of two CMHT general adult consultant psychiatrist posts covering the Park Lodge CMHT.
This post has become vacant following the previous postholder leaving the post.
This post serves a population of approximately 58,000 and currently has a caseload of 310 This is a demographically mixed area overall, but with some areas of social deprivationandalsosomedrugandalcohol- relateddifficulties consistent with anurbanenvironment. The caseload is still expected to reduce further, as many patients within the caseload are of low complexity and will be able to be moved back to Primary Care with the additional support of the newly formed Primary Care Mental Health Teams. The postholder will support strategic service development and business planning.
The size of the resulting catchment area is below the average for the Trust and the current caseload size is also below the median.
Thepostholderwillcarrynoresponsibilityforinpatients.
The post currently attracts a 10% R&R payment which will be reviewed next year.
Consultant Psychiatrist with responsibility for their CMHT caseload
To supervise and support team members who carry out assessments of patients referred to the team.
To carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for patients.
Supporting staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
To conduct patient reviews and lead Multidisciplinary reviews, patient reviews and multi-professional meetings.
To 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.
To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust’s risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management Meetings (H-RAMM) and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) Meetings
To provide medical leadership to the team
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 and are 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. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Consultant Psychiatrist with responsibility for their CMHT caseload
To supervise and support team members who carry out assessments of patients referred to the team.
To carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for patients.
Supporting staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
To conduct patient reviews and lead Multidisciplinary reviews, patient reviews and multi-professional meetings.
To 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.
To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust’s risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management Meetings (H-RAMM) and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) Meetings
To provide medical leadership to the team.
Maintain high level of effective communication with other parts of the Mental health service across the Trust.
Liaison with families / carers
Liaison with aspects of the Criminal Justice System regarding patients.
Liaising with other stakeholders and interested parties.
The post holder will be expected to maintain effective communication with Access services, community mental health teams, and primary care.
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has an active audit culture and the post holder will be involved in audit and supervising junior Doctors’ audits. As part of its new “Perfect Care” strategy the Trust is keen to expand and develop existing research opportunities for interested Consultants.
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and University of Liverpool have teamed up to create the Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC). A ground-breaking research facility based in Liverpool that will impact directly on NHS mental health services.
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This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Jun 2024