Consultant Psychiatrist – Adult Inpatients (Dee Ward)
We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the inpatient team at Clock View Hospital, Liverpool. The post is a newly created role, part of the reconfiguration of the medical model at Clock View Hospital, and will be one of four general adult inpatient Consultants. It will hold responsibility for 17 patients on the Dee ward, a female acute ward.
Clock View Hospital is a purpose‑built adult mental health facility based in Walton, Liverpool, opened in 2015. It has three acute adult wards (Alt – mixed, Dee – female, Morris – male), a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (Newton) and an old‑age ward (Irwell).
The post currently attracts a 10 % R&R payment which will be reviewed next year.
Responsibilities
* Consultant psychiatrist responsible for 17 patients on Dee 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.
* Be the responsible clinician under 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 and Multi‑Agency Public Protection Arrangement meetings.
* Provide medical leadership to the team.
* Liaise with carers.
* Maintain effective communication with other services.
* Provide clinical and educational supervision to junior colleagues.
About the Trust
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest trusts in the North West, serving over 1.4 million people across the region and also covering North West, North Wales and the Midlands. The trust offers specialist inpatient and community services for physical and mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury. It is one of only three trusts in the UK that provide high secure mental health facilities.
We commit to ‘perfect care’: safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, families and carers to design and develop future services together.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Contact
For further details or informal visits, contact Dr Hannah Ruth, Associate Clinical Director – email hannah.ruth@merseycare.nhs.uk, telephone 07827256422. Alternatively, Dr Nanda Dayalan, Clinical Director – nanda.dayalan@merseycare.nhs.uk.
Senior‑level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
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