Consultant Psychiatrist - Anfield/Norris Green CMHT

Merseycare; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider as a Consultant Psychiatrist in Liverpool, where you will play a pivotal role in community psychiatry. This exciting position involves managing a diverse caseload and collaborating with a dedicated team to provide high-quality mental health services. You will have the opportunity to utilize your extensive clinical knowledge and skills, engage in teaching, and contribute to continuous professional development. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this organization fosters an environment where every employee can thrive and make a difference in the lives of those they serve. If you are passionate about improving mental health care, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Must be GMC registered with a licence to practise.
• Experience in clinical research or service evaluation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of approximately 55 complex service users.
• Undertake assessments and CPA reviews for new service users.

Skills

Excellent knowledge in specialty

Excellent clinical skills

Oral and written communication skills

Decision-making based on evidence

Management of clinical complexity

Teaching and training abilities

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Higher degree in medical education or clinical research

Fully registered with GMC

Tools

GMC registration

UK driving licence

Job description

Consultant Psychiatrist - Anfield/Norris Green CMHT

Consultant

Main area: Community Psychiatry
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 350-MED3918063-N

Site: Norris Green Hub
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum plus 10% R&R (non contractual) and 1% on call
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/01/2025 23:59

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.

The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join Norris Green CMHT based at 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 (the other 2 are also 1 WTE each) within Norris Green hub.

Norris Green Hub serves a catchment area of around 120,000, covering the Mid to North areas of Liverpool for adults of working age. The current post encompasses the Anfield catchment areas. This is a demographically mixed area overall, but with some areas of social deprivation and also some drug and alcohol-related difficulties in an urban environment.

The post holder will carry no responsibility for inpatients.

The staff at Norris Green Hub are organized in three distinct CMHTs. This CMHT consists of:

• 1 whole time equivalent (WTE) consultant psychiatrist (this post)
• 1 WTE higher/core Psychiatric Trainee.
• 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
• 4 WTE support time and recovery workers, Band 3 shared between the 3 teams
• Input from the Hub Lithium Clinic and Health and Well-being Clinic.

Main duties of the job

• Undertaking referrals from inpatient services, A&E and the access team.
• CPA reviews
• Supervise new to service assessments as required
• Undertake very complex/high risk new to service assessments
• Manage a caseload at present of approximately 55 more complex service users subject to the Care Program Approach (CPA) relatively unchanged.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Transport

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• 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
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead team
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
• 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, presentations and publications
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

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