We’re delighted to offer an exciting Consultant post within the Community Learning Disability Team in Southport and North Sefton.
This is a fantastic opportunity for either a newly qualified or experienced Consultant who’s looking to join a well-established, supportive multidisciplinary team. You’ll be part of a service that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous development.
At Mersey Care, we’re proud of our partnership with the University of Liverpool, which has led to the creation of the Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre -a brilliant platform for Consultants with an interest in research and academic development.
Beyond the role itself, Merseyside and the North West offer an exceptional quality of life. Whether you're into the outdoors, arts, or family-friendly activities, there’s something for everyone:
• Easy access to the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, and North Wales
• Beautiful local beaches and scenic spots right on your doorstep
• A vibrant cultural scene with art galleries, concert venues, and sporting events
• Excellent schools and a strong sense of community
If you're looking for a role that combines professional growth with a fantastic lifestyle, we’d love to hear from you.
• Consultant psychiatrist will have responsibility for their caseload and inpatients.
• To supervise and support team members who carry out assessments of patients referred to the team. To carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide medical interventions for patients.
• Supporting staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
• To conduct patient reviews and lead Multidisciplinary reviews, birth planning meetings, CPA reviews, discharge planning meetings 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 carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust’s risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management Meetings (H-RAMM) and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) Meetings if required.
• To provide medical leadership to the team.
• Maintain high level of effective communication with other parts of the Mental health service across the Trust, across maternity services and primary care.
• Liaison with families / carers
• Liaison with aspects of the Criminal Justice System regarding patients, where necessary.
• Liaising with other stakeholders and interested parties.
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.
The post holder will have responsibility for patients in North Sefton and Southport.
There is no inpatient responsibilities. This is a vacant post currently filled with locum Consultant.
Team is based at Hartley Hospital.
Current Caseload is approximately 200 patients.
Other consultants within the LD service include Dr Durairaj who is Consultant in LD for the community for Liverpool, Dr Harpin, Consultant in LD for Sefton Community (LTFT), Dr Gladstone, Consultant community Warrrington, and Dr Dinnahalli, Consultant for Knowsley.
The post holder’s medical secretary will be based at the Hartley Hospital.
Resident doctors will also support the post holder in seeing patients in the community. Cover for the post holder when on annual leave will be from other LD doctors in MCFT. Residents may be shared between South and North Sefton.
The community has averaged approximately 200 referrals per year to the wider service.. The post holder will typically have 4 clinics a week and one MDT per week.
This advert closes on Saturday 9 Aug 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr