Job Overview
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 post, available due to the reconfiguration of the medical model at Clock View Hospital. It will be one of four general adult inpatient Consultants at Clock View Hospital. The post holder will be responsible for 17 patients on Dee ward, which is a female acute ward.
About Clock View Hospital
Clock View Hospital is a purpose‑built adult mental health facility based in Walton, Liverpool opened in 2015. There are 3 acute adult wards: Alt (mixed ward), Dee (female), and Morris (male). Clock View also houses Newton ward, which is a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and an old age ward, Irwell.
Salary & Working Conditions
The post currently attracts a 10% R&R payment which will be reviewed next year. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Responsibilities
* Consultant psychiatrist responsibility for 17 patients on Dee ward.
* 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.
* Responsible clinician for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and carry out duties in accordance with the code of practice.
* Provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager’s hearings.
* Carry out comprehensive risk assessments and participate in Trust’s risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management (H‑RAMM) and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) Meetings.
* Provide medical leadership to the inpatient team.
* Liaise with families/carers.
* Liaise with other stakeholders and interested parties.
* Liaise with aspects of the Criminal Justice System regarding patients.
* Maintain effective communication with other services, including in‑patient and community mental health teams, and primary care.
* Provide clinical/educational supervision to junior colleagues.
* Obtain or maintain Section 12(2) MHA Responsible Clinician status and renew approval according to agreed procedures.
* Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate clinical teaching.
* Participate in the training and educational supervision of trainees and other disciplines.
* Take part in continuing medical education within statutory limits.
* Lead and manage a team to support a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
Mersey Care
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 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.
About the Care Team
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.
Application Information
This advert closes on Sunday 26 Apr 2026.
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