Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Psychiatry (CRHT) | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 June 2025 |
| Location: | St Helens, WA9 3DE |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7081344/350-MED7081344 |
Summary
The Trust is seeking to recruit a full time Consultant for St Helens/Knowsley CRHT Mid Mersey and we are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive colleague to provide dynamic leadership to the service and the Trust as a whole. This is a new full-time post based in Harry Blackman House Peasley Cross Hospital. The post holder will work collaboratively with our Operational Manager, Clinical Service Manager to provide leadership and clinical expertise to the CRHT and ensure we deliver an excellent, responsive, and high-quality service.
Clinical duties:
• Thiswill consistofpatientreviews and homeVisitstoseeurgentoremergency reviewsforpatientsopen totheteamalthoughthe bulkofcaseswillbereviewedonsite.
• Managementofcomplexcasesandconsultativeadviceonpatientcare tootherteammembers.
• ClinicalleadershipofteambyparticipatinginteamMDTstodiscussallocationsofpatientsand dispense the responsibilities under that Role for such patients as per the MHA Code of Practice.
• Careplanandtreatmentformulation,guidanceonevidence-basedtreatmentand effectiveness.
• Liaisonandcollaborativeworkingwithotherservices/agencies.
• MentalHealthActimplementation.
• MaintainContemporaneousdocumentationelectronicallyonpatientrecordsandalsotimely communications with primary care colleagues.
General duties:
• The post holder would be expected to work on Rio which is the Trust’s electronic health record system. The post holder would be required to record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively in a timely fashion. The post holder would undertake an annual appraisal, CPD and maintain professional registration with General Medical Council. It is essential that the post holder has Mental Health Act Section 12(2) status.
• The post holder would participate in annual job plan review with the Clinical Director.
• Toparticipateinserviceandbusinessplanningactivityforthelocalityand,as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
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.
Clinical duties:
• Thiswill consistofpatientreviews and homeVisitstoseeurgentoremergency reviewsforpatientsopen totheteamalthoughthe bulkofcaseswillbereviewedonsite.
• Managementofcomplexcasesandconsultativeadviceonpatientcare tootherteammembers.
• ClinicalleadershipofteambyparticipatinginteamMDTstodiscussallocationsofpatientsand dispense the responsibilities under that Role for such patients as per the MHA Code of Practice.
• Careplanandtreatmentformulation,guidanceonevidence-basedtreatmentand effectiveness.
• Liaisonandcollaborativeworkingwithotherservices/agencies.
• MentalHealthActimplementation.
• Multi-disciplinary,multi-agencyandpartnershipworking.
• MaintainContemporaneousdocumentationelectronicallyonpatientrecordsandalsotimely communications with primary care colleagues.
General duties:
• The post holder would be expected to work on Rio which is the Trust’s electronic health record system, training for this will be provided on induction. The post holder would be required to record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively in a timely fashion. The post holder would undertake an annual appraisal, CPD and maintain professional registration with General Medical Council and abide by its professional codes of conduct. It is essential that the post holder has Mental Health Act Section 12(2) status.
• The post holder would participate in annual job plan review with the Clinical Director taking into account service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation. In addition they will need to participate in Revalidation as required. The post holder would work with local colleagues and managers ensuring efficient running of the services and also comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions.
• Toparticipateinserviceandbusinessplanningactivityforthelocalityand,as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
External duties:
• TheTrustactivelysupportstheinvolvementoftheconsultantbodyinregionaland national groups subject to discussion and approval with the Medical Director and, as necessary, the Chief Executive Officer.
Other duties:
• From time to time, it may be necessary for the post holder to carry out other duties as may be assigned,withagreementbytheTrust.Itisexpectedthatthepostholderwillnotunreasonably withhold agreement to any reasonable proposed changes that the Trust might make.
This advert closes on Sunday 29 Jun 2025