Consultant Psychiatrist - Liverpool, United Kingdom - National Health Service

Description

Job summaryThe Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the inpatient team on Harrington ward, at the Broadoak Unit in Liverpool.

The post is one of three inpatient Consultants at Broadoak Unit. Harrington ward is a female general adult ward, with 17 patients.

Work is underway on a state of the art, purpose-built hospital in South Liverpool, which will replace Broadoak unit once completed.

The post holder will move to the new unit once complete.

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.

The Trust is focused on driving change and innovation by supporting and enhancing the leadership role of our senior clinicians and this role would offer opportunities for you to lead and develop excellent practice in the field.

Main duties of the jobConsultant psychiatrist responsibility for Harrington ward.
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.

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 provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager's hearings.

To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust's risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement Meetings.

To provide medical leadership to the team.
Liaise with carers.
The post holder will be expected to maintain effective communication with other services.
Provide clinical/educational supervision to junior colleagues.

About usMersey 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 (Halton, Warrington, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton and St Helens) and is 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.

Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesInpatient care for service users is provided by Consultants working within the Acute Care teams at Broadoak Unit, Clock View Hospital, Windsor House, all based in Liverpool, and Hartley Hospital based in Southport.

The number of general adult beds across the Trust has temporarily reduced as a result of Covid-19, in order to adhere to social distancing guidance.

Broadoak Unit is an adult mental health facility based on Broadgreen Hospital Site, Liverpool.

There are 3 acute adult wards namely:
Brunswick (mixed ward), Albert (male), and Harrington. All wards across the Trust take admissions, as well as patient transfers.
The post holder would be responsible for up to 19 patients on Harrington ward. Harrington ward is a mixed ward with 19 beds pre-Covid. This has been reduced to 17 as a result of Covid. On average there are approximately 4 admissions per week to Harrington ward with around 4 discharges.

About 25-50 per cent of the admitted patients are detained at any given time and there is on average one Mental Health Review Tribunal hearing each week.

Brunswick ward also has a seclusion room which is used by all of the wards.


Clinical Leadership:
Participation in business planning for the locality and, as appropriate, contribution to the broader strategic and planning work of theLeading the improvement of the quality of care within the team and contribute to improving quality across the system

Teaching and Training:
Teaching commitments of post, and support in place to achieveTrust-wideTeaching arrangements in locality/team.

Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate clinicalParticipation in the training of otherProviding educational supervision of trainees and otherTaking part in continuing medical education within statutoryDME is Dr Indira VinjamuriMersey Care has specific links with Liverpool Medical School and Edge Hill University Medical SchoolThe post holder would be expected to be approved as a Responsible Clinician or be willing to undertake training to obtain Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.

Clinical Duties:
Consultant psychiatrist responsibility for Harrington ward at Broadoak Unit.
Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for inpatients.
Support ward based staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA 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 provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Managers hearings.

To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trusts 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 inpatient team.
Liaise with families / carers.
Liaise with aspects of the Criminal Justice System regarding patients.
Liaise with other stakeholders and interested parties.

The post holder will be expected to maintain effective communication with other services, including in-patient and community mental health teams, and primary care.

Provide clinical/educational supervision to junior colleagues.


Training Duties:
Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate clinicalParticipation in the training of otherProviding educational supervision of trainees and otherTaking part in continuing medical education within statutory limits

Clinical Governance:
Expected contribution to clinical governance and responsibility for setting and monitoring standards.
Participation in clinical audit and other local assuranceParticipation in service/team evaluation and the planning of future service developments.


On Call and cover arrangements:

The post holder will be included in the daily on-call rota for South Liverpool There is usually always a higher trainee ST4-6 first on call at night.

On-call availability supplement is 1% - Band B low frequency, low intensity and has been consistently for many years. The rota is currently shared with approximately 14 FTE colleaguesPerson Specification

Qualifications

EssentialMB BS or equivalent medical qualificationDesirableQualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or managementMRCPsychAdditional clinical qualifications.

Eligibility

EssentialFully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointmentApproved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointmentDesirableIn good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Tramsport

EssentialHolds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

EssentialExcellent knowledge in specialtyExcellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledgeExcellent oral and written communication skills in EnglishAble to manage clinical complexity and uncertaintyMakes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of othersAble to meet duties under MHA and MCADesirableWide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

EssentialAble to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and trainingAbility to work in and lead teamDemonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.

Participated in continuous professional developmentParticipated in research or service evaluationAble to use and appraise clinical evidenceHas actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmesDesirableAble to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this postReflected on purpose of CPD undertakenExperienced in clinical research and / or service evaluationEvidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement:

awards, prizes, presentations and publicationsHas led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patientsDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

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Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Employer detailsEmployer nameMersey Care NHS Foundation TrustAddressBroadoak Unit, Broadgreen HospitalThomas DriveLiverpoolL14 3PJEmployer's websiteFor questions about the job, contact:
Associate Clinical DirectorDr Hannah posted12 December 2023Pay schemeHospital medical and dental staffGradeConsultantSalary
93,666 to 126,281 a year

per annum (plus 10% recruitment & retention premia)

ContractPermanentWorking pattern

Full-time

Reference number350-MED KJob locationsBroadoak Unit, Broadgreen HospitalThomas DriveLiverpoolL14 3PJ