Consultant Psychiatrist for Beech Ward, Bowmere Hospital

NHS; Chester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join their dedicated team at Beech Ward, Bowmere Hospital. This role offers the opportunity to provide critical psychiatric care to adults with various mental health disorders in a supportive and collaborative environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality medical input, ensuring excellence in patient care, and working closely with a multidisciplinary team. A generous relocation package is available, making this an attractive opportunity for professionals looking to make a significant impact in mental health services.

Benefits

Relocation package up to £8,000

Comprehensive induction program

Supportive multidisciplinary team

Commitment to inclusive recruitment practices

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months.

Responsibilities

• Deliver consultant psychiatric input to patients on Beech Ward.
• Provide intensive intervention for acute and chronic mental illnesses.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure patient safety.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills

Oral and written communication skills

Clinical complexity management

Decision making based on evidence

Knowledge of bio-psycho-social perspective

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Higher degree in medical education or clinical research

Additional clinical qualifications

Job description

Consultant Psychiatrist for Beech Ward, Bowmere Hospital

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Information:

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Job summary

**We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000**

The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation NHS Trust are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist.

This is a replacement post. The post holder will cover Beech Ward in Bowmere Hospital, Countess of Chester site, Chester 1.0 WTE

Beech Ward is a mixed sex 22 bedded acute functional mental health ward for adults of working age. It has a fully functional MDT with input from resident doctors including an SAS doctor, core and foundation trainees, Psychology, OT, and Pharmacy.

The consultant will participate in the West Consultant Psychiatrist on-call rota. On call rota is of low frequency and not less than one in 13.

Beech Ward provides Acute Care Mental Health Input for patients presenting with various forms of mental disorders including affective disorder, psychosis and personality disorder. Patients will present both informally and detained under the mental health act

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible for delivering consultant psychiatric input to patients referred to and admitted to Beech ward and provide medical input into SPA, in line with the agreed Acute Service Operational Policy. This includes:

To provide senior medical input to Beech ward patients, ensuring safe and timely service provision for service users.

To take Consultant and RC responsibility for service users in Beech ward.

To provide intensive and expert intervention and management of service users with acute, chronic and severely enduring mental illness in line with the acute inpatient care pathway.

To work flexibly and creatively as part of a multidisciplinary team promoting informed risk taking and anti-discriminatory practice.

To liaise with both internal and external interfaces concerning admissions and transfers/discharges.

To liaise with the Consultant Psychiatrists working in the inpatient and community settings concerning admissions and transfers/discharges.

To offer expert risk assessment and management skills.

To ensure that a high quality safe clinical service is provided to all service users by working in partnership with MDT, ward manager and other senior managers.

To ensure excellence in the provision of medical and psychiatric assessments to all referred

About us

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.We also offer up to three weeks' induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.

Job responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [e-mail] or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.

ELIGIBILITY

• 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

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

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.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust