As a Speciality Doctor, you will be responsible for ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care within a multidisciplinary team, under the support and supervision of a consultant psychiatrist.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will support assessment and management of children and young people with complex mental disorders in a multi-agency environment.
You will enjoy working as part of a highly skilled and motivated team to deliver excellent care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide psychiatric/medical expertise and advice to colleagues. Core clinical responsibilities include:
1. Participation in initial, emergency response, and partnership assessments and management.
2. Consultations with clinicians and medical teams within the service and with other agencies.
3. Participation in duty or emergency rotas with clinicians and psychiatrists.
4. Reviewing patients' prescribed medications and completing repeat prescriptions as required.
The post holder will also contribute to risk assessment and care management, understanding and implementing the Children's Act, Mental Capacity Act, and Mental Health Act, in liaison with other agencies.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical and mental health services in the North West, serving over 1.4 million people and covering services across the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services supporting physical and mental health, including inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK with high secure mental health facilities.
Our core commitment is to 'perfect care'—safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support staff to perform their best and work alongside service users, families, and carers to co-design future services. We are currently implementing organizational and service transformation to improve quality and reduce costs.
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