Job summary
The Trust is seeking a Trust grade doctor to join the Early Interventions Team (EIT) in Liverpool 0.65 WTE +0.35 Windsor House in patient unit.
The Early Intervention in Psychosis Service in Liverpool is recruiting a Trust grade doctor to work alongside an established team of professionals, supporting early assessment, management and recovery from psychosis over 3-year critical period. The post is with a well established team of 18 years, covering the South Central areas of Liverpool. The service has been rated as "performing well", achieving Level 3 in the 2023 National Clinical Audit of Psychosis.
Windsor House is a mixed ward with 15 male beds and 9 female beds. The consultant on the unit has RC responsibility for all patients on the ward detained under the Mental Health Act. On average there are approximately 5 admissions per week with around 4 discharges. About 25-50 per cent of the admitted patients are detained at any given time and there is on average one Mental Health Review Tribunal hearing each week.
Main duties of the job
This post will support the work of the South Liverpool Early Intervention Team Consultant and service who provide care for approximately 260 service users between the ages of 14 and 65, all of whom are managed within the CPA. Medical care for those under 16 is provided by CAMHS.
The role will involve assessment of those new to service with development of biopsychosocial management plans. The postholder will also undertake reviews of the care plans of service users over their 3 years with the service. The post holder will also support urgent reviews when service users mental health deteriorates, and if appropriately skilled, MHA assessments.
Clinical duties when available on the Windsor ward include:
- Carrying out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for inpatients.
- Conducting post admission reviews and MDT reviews for patients in a timely manner/assessment/ developing treatment plans and then planning safe discharge for the patients in timely and efficient manner
- Preparing Tribunal reports for Mental Health Review tribunals and managers hearings
- Providing verbal evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager's hearings.
- Liaising with families / carers
- Maintaining effective communication with other services, including in-patient and community mental health teams, and primary care
- Ensuring discharge summaries and communications with primary care and other agencies that relate to patient care happen in timely manner
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support the Consultant psychiatrist in the team with their role
- To carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for patients.
- Supporting staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
- To conduct patient reviews and provide medical input into Multidisciplinary reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings.
- To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trusts risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management Meetings (H-RAMM) and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) Meetings.
- Maintain high level of effective communication with other parts of the Mental health service across the Trust.
- Liaison with families / carers.
- Liaison with aspects of the Criminal Justice System regarding patients.
- Liaising with other stakeholders and interested parties.
- Participation in-house MDT training/education sessions
- Participation in Research and Clinical Audit
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent
- Additional clinical qualifications
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Minimum 3 years experience working in psychiatry
Desirable
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Transport
Essential
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Excellent knowledge in specialty of General Adult Psychiatry
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Ability to work constructively in and to lead a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Academic Skills ans Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Participated in research or service evaluation
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
Desirable
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Baird House
Liverpool Innovation Park, Edge Lane
Liverpool
L7 9NJ