Specialty Doctor - Adult Inpatients
Posted 2 days 16 hours ago by North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Permanent
Full Time
Healthcare & Medical Jobs
Lancashire, Liverpool, United Kingdom, L1 9
Job Description
Main area Mental Health Psychiatry Grade Specialty Doctor Contract 6 months (6 months fixed term post, with a view to extend to 12 months following review) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (PA's- 10, SPA- 2, DCC- 8) Job ref 350-MED
Site Clock View Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £59,175 - £95,400 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/08/:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
Job overview Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated and enthusiasticSpecialty Doctor in Psychiatryto join our inpatient teams atClock View Hospital. This is a fixed-term post supporting the Consultant Psychiatrists acrosstwo acute wards:Dee Ward (female)andMorris Ward (male).
About Clock View Hospital Opened in 2015, Clock View is a modern, purpose-built adult mental health facility located in Walton, Liverpool. The hospital includes:
Why Join Us? AtMersey Care, we are passionate about mental health and wellbeing. We are committed to delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care and supporting the communities we serve. Our values are rooted in compassion, innovation, and excellence.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to:
Main duties of the job Support the Consultant Psychiatrist providing medical input for patients across Dee ward and Morris ward.
Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for inpatients.
Support staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings
To provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager's hearings.
To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust's risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement Meetings.
To provide medical leadership to the team.
Liaise with carers.
To maintain effective communication with other services.
Provide clinical supervision to junior colleagues.
Working for our organisation 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Local workingarrangements Inpatient care for service users is provided by Consultants working within the Acute Care teams at Broadoak Unit, Clock View Hospital, Windsor House, all based in Liverpool, and Hartley Hospital based in Southport.
Clock View Hospital is an adult mental health facility based in Walton, Liverpool opened in 2015. There are 3 acute adult wards namely: Alt (mixed ward), Dee (female), and Morris (male). Clock view also houses Newton ward which is a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and an old age ward, Irwell. All wards across the Trust take admissions, as well as patient transfers.
The ward composition at Clock View Hospital is as below:
Ward Name
Beds
Service line
Weekly average no. of admissions & discharges
(21/05/2022-21/05/2024)
Alt
17
Mixed
Adult
4 admissions
Dee
17
Female
Adult
3 admissions
17
Mixed
Old age
2 admissions
Morris
17
Male
Adult
3 admissions
Newton
12
Mixed
Adult (PICU)
2 admissions
The post has become vacant as a result of the reconfiguration of the medical model.
The post holder would support the Consultants across two wards, Dee ward, and Morris ward. Dee ward is a female ward with 17 beds. On average there are approximately 3 admissions per week to Dee ward with around 3 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.
Morris ward is a male ward with 17 beds. On average there are approximately 3 admissions per week to Dee ward with around 3 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.
There is 1 Consultant Psychiatrist allocated to each ward. Each ward also has 1-2 resident doctors. The post holder will be supported by an inpatient ward manager, deputy ward manager and team of inpatient ward based staff.
The Trust supports the participation of all medical staff in the CPD programme locally and that of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
The Trust support for CPD activities, including study leave arrangements and appropriate funding.
Clinical leadership and medicalmanagement Participation in business planning for the locality and, as appropriate, contribution to the broader strategic and planning work of thetrust.
Leading the improvement of the quality of care within the team and contribute to improving quality across thesystem.
Teaching andtraining Teaching commitments of post, and support in place to achievethese.
Trust-wideteaching.
Teaching arrangements inlocality/team.
Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate clinicalteaching.
Participation in the training of otherdisciplines.
Providing educational supervision of trainees and otherdisciplines.
Taking part in continuing medical education within statutorylimits.
Mersey Care has specific links with Liverpool Medical School and Edge Hill University Medical School
Mental Health Act and Section 12(2) approval The post holder would be expected to be approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983, or be willing to undertake training to obtain Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.
Clinical duties of postholder Support the Consultant Psychiatrist providing medical input for patients across Dee ward, and Morris ward.
Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for inpatients.
Support ward based staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings.
To provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager's hearings.
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.
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Site Clock View Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £59,175 - £95,400 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/08/:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
Job overview Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated and enthusiasticSpecialty Doctor in Psychiatryto join our inpatient teams atClock View Hospital. This is a fixed-term post supporting the Consultant Psychiatrists acrosstwo acute wards:Dee Ward (female)andMorris Ward (male).
About Clock View Hospital Opened in 2015, Clock View is a modern, purpose-built adult mental health facility located in Walton, Liverpool. The hospital includes:
- Three acute adult wards: Alt (mixed), Dee (female), and Morris (male)
- Newton Ward- Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
- Irwell Ward- Older Adults Mental Health
Why Join Us? AtMersey Care, we are passionate about mental health and wellbeing. We are committed to delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care and supporting the communities we serve. Our values are rooted in compassion, innovation, and excellence.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to:
- Work closely with experienced Consultants and multidisciplinary teams
- Contribute to high standards of patient care and service development
- Take on leadership opportunities and help shape clinical practice
- Be part of a forward-thinking Trust that values continuous improvement and clinician-led innovation
Main duties of the job Support the Consultant Psychiatrist providing medical input for patients across Dee ward and Morris ward.
Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for inpatients.
Support staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings
To provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager's hearings.
To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust's risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement Meetings.
To provide medical leadership to the team.
Liaise with carers.
To maintain effective communication with other services.
Provide clinical supervision to junior colleagues.
Working for our organisation 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Local workingarrangements Inpatient care for service users is provided by Consultants working within the Acute Care teams at Broadoak Unit, Clock View Hospital, Windsor House, all based in Liverpool, and Hartley Hospital based in Southport.
Clock View Hospital is an adult mental health facility based in Walton, Liverpool opened in 2015. There are 3 acute adult wards namely: Alt (mixed ward), Dee (female), and Morris (male). Clock view also houses Newton ward which is a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and an old age ward, Irwell. All wards across the Trust take admissions, as well as patient transfers.
The ward composition at Clock View Hospital is as below:
Ward Name
Beds
Service line
Weekly average no. of admissions & discharges
(21/05/2022-21/05/2024)
Alt
17
Mixed
Adult
4 admissions
Dee
17
Female
Adult
3 admissions
17
Mixed
Old age
2 admissions
Morris
17
Male
Adult
3 admissions
Newton
12
Mixed
Adult (PICU)
2 admissions
The post has become vacant as a result of the reconfiguration of the medical model.
The post holder would support the Consultants across two wards, Dee ward, and Morris ward. Dee ward is a female ward with 17 beds. On average there are approximately 3 admissions per week to Dee ward with around 3 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.
Morris ward is a male ward with 17 beds. On average there are approximately 3 admissions per week to Dee ward with around 3 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.
There is 1 Consultant Psychiatrist allocated to each ward. Each ward also has 1-2 resident doctors. The post holder will be supported by an inpatient ward manager, deputy ward manager and team of inpatient ward based staff.
The Trust supports the participation of all medical staff in the CPD programme locally and that of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
The Trust support for CPD activities, including study leave arrangements and appropriate funding.
Clinical leadership and medicalmanagement Participation in business planning for the locality and, as appropriate, contribution to the broader strategic and planning work of thetrust.
Leading the improvement of the quality of care within the team and contribute to improving quality across thesystem.
Teaching andtraining Teaching commitments of post, and support in place to achievethese.
Trust-wideteaching.
Teaching arrangements inlocality/team.
Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate clinicalteaching.
Participation in the training of otherdisciplines.
Providing educational supervision of trainees and otherdisciplines.
Taking part in continuing medical education within statutorylimits.
Mersey Care has specific links with Liverpool Medical School and Edge Hill University Medical School
Mental Health Act and Section 12(2) approval The post holder would be expected to be approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983, or be willing to undertake training to obtain Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.
Clinical duties of postholder Support the Consultant Psychiatrist providing medical input for patients across Dee ward, and Morris ward.
Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for inpatients.
Support ward based staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings.
To provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager's hearings.
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.
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