Consultant Psychiatrist – Walton CMHT
The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join Walton CMHT based at Norris Green Hub, Falklands Approach, L11. The vacancy has arisen as a result of the previous substantive post holder retiring. This post is one of three CMHT general adult consultant psychiatrist posts within the hub. The post holder will carry no responsibility for inpatients.
Team
* 1 whole time equivalent (WTE) consultant psychiatrist (this post)
* 1 WTE higher/core Psychiatric Trainee
* 0.5 WTE dedicated medical secretary, Band 4 and a full time Band 3 shared with the other 2 teams
* 1 Band 7 team leader
* 5 WTE community psychiatric nurses (Band 6 and Band 5)
* 7 WTE social workers shared between the 3 teams
* 1 WTE senior occupational therapist, Band 6 shared between the 3 teams
* 1 WTE psychologist
* 4 WTE support time and recovery workers, Band 3 shared between the 3 teams
Responsibilities
* Undertake referrals from inpatient services, A&E and the access team
* Conduct clinical reviews
* Supervise new to service assessments as required
* Undertake very complex/high risk new to service assessments
* Manage team caseload
Working Environment
Norris Green Hub serves a catchment area of around 120,000 people, covering the Mid to North areas of Liverpool for adults of working age. The hub’s catchment is demographically mixed, with some areas of social deprivation and drug and alcohol‑related difficulties in an urban environment. Input is received from the Hub Lithium Clinic and the Health and Wellbeing Clinic.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
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