Specialty Doctor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Speciality Doctor to support a multidisciplinary team in delivering high-quality care to children and young people with complex mental health disorders. The role involves conducting assessments, participating in consultations, and contributing to care management. Strong experience in a team environment and knowledge of relevant health acts are essential. Join us in our commitment to providing 'perfect care'.

Qualifications

• Experience in multidisciplinary team environments.
• Knowledge of children's mental health disorders.
• Understanding of relevant health acts and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care to service users.
• Conduct assessments and management for children and young people.
• Participate in consultations with clinicians and medical teams.
• Contribute to risk assessment and care management.

Job description

As a Speciality Doctor you will be responsible for ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high quality care through multidisciplinary team with support and supervision of consultant psychiatrist.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will support the multidisciplinary team as speciality Doctor to offer assessment and management to children and young people with complex mental disorders. You will be working in multidisciplinary and multiagency environment

You will enjoy working as part of a highly skilled and motivated team to deliver excellent care.

Main duties of the job

• Participation in initial, emergency response and partnership assessments and management.
• Participating in consultations with clinicians and medical team within the team and also with other agencies.
• Participating in duty or emergency rota with clinicians and psychiatrist within the team.
• Reviewing patients prescribed medications and completing repeat prescriptions as required.

The post holder will also be expected to contribute to risk assessment and care management of patients they have reviewed through an understanding and implementation of the Children's Act, Mental Capacity and Mental Health Acts where appropriate in liaison with other agencies.

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.