Specialty Doctor – First Response Service

Mersey Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time Specialty Doctor for the First Response Service (Mid Mersey) based at Hollins Park Hospital. The role involves clinical leadership, urgent patient reviews, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality mental health care.

You will assess and manage patients across Mid Mersey, working with Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Psychologists and Social Workers, contributing to service development and patient safety.

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCPsych (Desirable).
• CCT or CESR in General Adult or Old Age Psychiatry (Desirable).
• Additional clinical qualifications (Desirable).

Responsibilities

• Carry out urgent reviews and chair management planning meetings with families and social care.
• Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for FRS referrals.
• Support FRS staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
• Conduct patient reviews and Mental Health Act assessments; attend multi-professional meetings.
• Maintain high standards of clinical work when carrying out assessments.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance and drive service improvement.

Skills

GMC licence to practise

English communication

MHA/MCA experience

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Psychiatry leadership

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

MRCPsych

CCT or CESR in General Adult or Old Age Psychiatry

Job description

Job summary

Specialty Doctor - First Response Service (Mid Mersey)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Specialty Doctor to join our First Response Service (FRS) based at Hollins Park Hospital. We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive clinician to provide clinical expertise and leadership within a dynamic and fast-paced service.

Working alongside the Operational Manager, Clinical Service Manager, and FRS Specialty Doctor based at Clock View, you will play a key role in delivering a responsive, high-quality service and supporting ongoing service development. There will also be opportunities to develop a special clinical interest aligned to Trust priorities.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the assessment and management of patients presenting to FRS across Mid Mersey, working closely with a skilled multidisciplinary team including Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Mental Health Practitioners, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Support Workers.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive and motivated team dedicated to delivering outstanding mental health care and improving outcomes for service users.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to conduct urgent reviews for the patients and to chair management planning meetings involving families, community and social care services.

For Medic Assessments within team there are appointments available within office hours Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00. They are first triaged by the clinical leads. Registered practitioners can speak to the medic on site or by phone to discuss acceptance of service users. Urgent Assessments are facilitated by the medic directly and via secretary on 0151 330 7204.

If an MHAA is required, this should be discussed with the clinical lead. Every opportunity should be actioned to support contact with the service user. This includes telephone contacts, home visit, discussion with family or carers, prior to application to careline, in order to gain as much clinical or collateral information as possible.

Responsibility for 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, and 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, you will motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity and drive continuous improvement.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details and requirements of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych
• CCT or CESR in General Adult or Old Age Psychiatry
• Additional clinical qualifications

Eligibility

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Minimum 4 years experience in psychiatry
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Transport

Essential

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

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• 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

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.