Overview
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Date posted: 28 May 2025
Job Summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic, permanent full-time Consultant Psychiatrist in Liaison Psychiatry to join the Liaison Psychiatry Service which provides specialist care at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) and RJAH Oswestry. The emphasis is to provide timely and comprehensive assessment, interventions and treatment to service users and their families/carers where a functional or organic mental disorder is suspected or evident. The community the post serves is the population within the general hospitals, regardless of home locality.
Responsibilities
* Provide a timely and flexible response to referrals to meet the demands of the PRH/RSH hospitals.
* Work with groups of people who may attend or be admitted to the acute hospital setting, including: people who have self-harmed; people with physical and psychological consequences of alcohol/substance misuse; frail elderly with delirium/depression/dementia; people with known severe mental illness in relapse; people with primarily physical health symptoms with psychological/social causes; vulnerable groups including the homeless, those with personality difficulties, domestic abuse/violence.
* Provide comprehensive mental health assessment; assist with diagnosis, care and discharge planning, risk assessment and management, including signposting.
* Provide mental health related training to hospital staff to raise awareness.
* Work closely with other services to contribute to seamless mental health provision and onward referral pathways.
About Us
Full job description attached. We offer:
* Career development opportunities
* NHS Pension scheme
* Flexible working options
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support
* Travel time compensation for community team work
* Lease car or salary sacrifice options
* Free car parking at trust sites
* Free flu vaccinations
Requirements
* MB BS or equivalent; MRCPsych
* Desirable: higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management; dual training in general adult and older adult psychiatry
* GMC registration with licence to practise; Specialist Register with CCT or CESR in general adult psychiatry; Approved clinician status; S12/AC eligibility by start
* Desirable: in good standing with GMC re warnings/conditions
Disclosure and Sponsorship
Disclosure and Barring Service check required. Skilled worker sponsorship information available. UK registration required.
Details
* Employer: Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
* Location: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 8XQ
* Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 per year
* Contract: Permanent; Full-time
Application notes
We are an inclusive organisation with staff networks. Vacancy may close early if high volume of applications.
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