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Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Psychiatry (CRHT)Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust • St Helens, United Kingdom
Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Psychiatry (CRHT)

Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Psychiatry (CRHT)

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust • St Helens, United Kingdom
23 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Job 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.

Main duties of the job
Clinical duties:
  • This will consist of patient reviews and home Visits to see urgent or emergency reviews for patients open to the team although the bulk of cases will be reviewed on site.
  • Management of complex cases and consultative advice on patient care to other team members.
  • Clinical leadership of team by participating in team MDTs to discuss allocations of patients and dispense the responsibilities under that Role for such patients as per the MHA Code of Practice.
  • Care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.
  • Liaison and collaborative working with other services/agencies.
  • Mental Health Act implementation.
  • Maintain Contemporaneous documentation electronically on patient records and also timely 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.
  • To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.

About us
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.

Job responsibilities
Clinical duties:
  • This will consist of patient reviews and home Visits to see urgent or emergency reviews for patients open to the team although the bulk of cases will be reviewed on site.
  • Management of complex cases and consultative advice on patient care to other team members.
  • Clinical leadership of team by participating in team MDTs to discuss allocations of patients and dispense the responsibilities under that Role for such patients as per the MHA Code of Practice.
  • Care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.
  • Liaison and collaborative working with other services/agencies.
  • Mental Health Act implementation.
  • Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working.
  • Maintain Contemporaneous documentation electronically on patient records and also timely communications with primary care colleagues.

General duties:
  • The post holder would be expected to work on Rio which is the Trusts 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 Trusts agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions.
  • To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.

External duties:
  • The Trust actively supports the involvement of the consultant body in regional and 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, with agreement by the Trust. It is expected that the post holder will not unreasonably withhold agreement to any reasonable proposed changes that the Trust might make.

Person Specification

Qualifications
Essential
  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable
  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
  • MRCPsych.
  • Additional clinical qualifications.

Eligibility
Essential
  • Fully 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 appointment.
  • Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment.

Desirable
  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Transport
Essential
  • Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
  • Excellent knowledge in specialty.
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
  • Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
  • Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
  • Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.

Desirable
  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential
  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
  • Ability to work in and lead team.
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
  • Participated in continuous professional development.
  • Participated in research or service evaluation.
  • Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit.

Desirable
  • Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
  • Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
  • Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
  • Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
  • Has led clinical audits leading to service change.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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 Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
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