Consultant Psychiatrist

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service organization in Manchester is seeking a consultant to provide clinical leadership on the Inpatient Unit. The role involves overseeing patient care, managing risks, and training medical staff. Applicants should have some experience in managing mental health services and supporting teams in clinical environments. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to modernizing mental health care in a collaborative setting.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in clinical leadership.
• Ability to support and train medical staff.
• Demonstrated capability in managing patient care and risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for the ward team and trainees.
• Fulfil Responsible Clinician role and attend ward reviews.
• Assess and manage patient risk, including vulnerability and suicide risk.

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of dedicated consultants and other members of the multidisciplinary teams to help shape a modernising mental health service, which has been transformed following recent changes in community settings and inpatient provision.

The consultant will work on the Inpatient Unit at Laureate hospital, which is on the site of Wythenshawe Hospital in south Manchester. The new post holder will take the Responsible Clinician role for Blake ward, an 8-bedded unit, which will accrue 6 programmed activities. There will be opportunities to combine this post if 10 PA\'s or more are desired from the incoming consultant.

Role and responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for the ward team and trainees.
• Fulfil the role of the Responsible Clinician for Blake ward and attend daily ward reviews and ward rounds.
• Lead training for resident doctors, teach medical students, and engage in clinical management, audit and governance.
• Work in partnership with psychiatrists from partner providers and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including external partners.
• Undertake assessments of admissions to the service and assist the team to diagnose and formulate management plans.
• Assess and manage risk, including vulnerability, suicide risk, health and safety risks, and risk of harm to others.
• Coordinate care with input from pharmacists.
• Prepare Mental Health Review Tribunal and Managers\' Hearings reports and attend subsequent hearings.
• Prepare consent to treatment paperwork and perform other MHA duties such as section 17 leave, section renewals and CTOs if required.
• Work in a collaborative way with multidisciplinary teams, including external partners.
• Support the ward with a patient split of 8+1 admissions, with new admissions allocated on a rotating basis between consultants.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, and service improvement initiatives.

Ward and service details

• The ward has 17 beds and patients can be admitted from across the trust\'s patch.
• The patient split will be 8+1, with new admissions alternating between consultants.

About the organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 staff, delivering services from more than 122 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is a dynamic region with a mix of urban and rural settings, offering opportunities for professional development and engagement with innovative care models.