Consultant Psychiatrist - First Response Service

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in Warrington is seeking a full-time Consultant psychiatrist for the First Response Service. The role involves leadership, conducting assessments, and managing psychiatric emergencies. Candidates should have extensive experience and strong leadership skills. This position offers opportunities for professional development aligned with the organization's objectives.

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Consultant psychiatrist with experience.
• Ability to manage psychiatric emergencies and conduct assessments.
• Strong leadership skills and experience in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the First Response Service across Mid Mersey.
• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric assessments.
• Support FRS staff in managing psychiatric emergencies.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance framework.
• Provide clinical supervision for specialty doctors.

Job description

Overview

We are seeking to recruit a full time Consultant for First Response Service across Mid Mersey and are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive colleague to provide dynamic leadership to the service and the Trust as a whole. This is a new full-time post based in Hollins Park Hospital. The post holder will work collaboratively with our Operational Manager, Clinical Service Manager and FRS Specialty doctor based in Clock View to provide leadership and clinical expertise to the First Response Service and ensure we deliver an excellent, responsive, and high-quality service. The post holder will also be supported, where appropriate, to develop a special interest in a clinical area, which meets the Trust objectives.

The Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust 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 covering the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and provide specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. We are committed to 'perfect care' — care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We are 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.

Responsibilities

• Be the Consultant psychiatrist responsible for the First Response Service (FRS) across Mid Mersey.
• Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for patients referred to FRS as in outpatient and community assessment.
• Support FRS staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
• Conduct patient reviews, mental health act assessments, and attend multi-professional meetings.
• Maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out assessments.
• Ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework, motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity, and drive continuous improvement.
• Be part of the multidisciplinary team and work closely with the Clinical Service Manager, Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Clinical Lead, Operational Managers (Band 8A), dual diagnosis practitioners, mental health practitioners, assistant practitioners, assistant clinical psychologist, clinical psychologist, social workers and support workers to enable effective assessment and management of patients presented to FRS in Mid Mersey.
• Chair management planning meetings involving families, community and social care services and contribute to urgent reviews for patients.
• Provide clinical/managerial supervision for the specialty doctor based in FRS Clock View Hospital.
• Coordinate Medic Assessments within office hours, with triage by clinical leads; registered practitioners may speak to the medic on site or by phone to discuss service user acceptance; urgent assessments are facilitated by the medic directly and via secretary.
• If an MHAA is required, discuss with the clinical lead and pursue opportunities to support contact with the service user, including telephone contacts, home visits, and discussions with family or carers prior to application to careline to gather clinical or collateral information.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services and support for physical and mental health needs. The post may include opportunities to develop a special clinical interest in line with Trust objectives.