Consultant Psychiatrist - Older Adults Inpatients (Dunes Ward)

Consultant Psychiatrist – Older Adults Inpatients (Dunes Ward)

Consultant

Main area: Older Adults Psychiatry

Grade: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time – 10 sessions per week

Job ref: 350-MED5034741-H

Site: Hartley Hospital

Town: Southport

Salary: £105,504 – £139,882 per annum 10% R&R (non contractual) plus on-call

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 09/03/2025 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. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. We welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training, and experience that they bring to their work with us.

Job overview

As a Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist working for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, you will be responsible for ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care.

As a leader of the inpatient multi-disciplinary team at Dunes ward, Hartley Hospital, you will work in a state-of-the-art mental health facility, providing clinical care to older adults who require specialist inpatient care. You will work closely with various clinical and professional disciplines to deliver holistic care by completing assessments of new admissions to Dunes ward, managing their treatment, and ensuring safe discharges back to the community.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for completing assessments and formulating treatment plans for service users admitted to Dunes ward from the community. Dunes ward is a 20-bedded primarily functional older adult complex care ward at Hartley Hospital. As a substantive Old Age Psychiatry Consultant on Dunes ward, you will work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

You will be the Responsible Clinician for patients admitted to Dunes ward, managing patients who have been detained under the Mental Health Act, requiring a sound knowledge of Mental Health Act law. This includes completing relevant mental health act documentation and capacity assessments as required.

The post holder will lead the multidisciplinary team at Dunes ward in an enthusiastic, supportive, and approachable manner to foster positive working relationships and morale among ward staff. You will complete ward rounds throughout the week, providing clear communication and documentation regarding assessment outcomes and management plans. Additionally, you will provide leadership and training to trainee doctors and medical students placed on Dunes ward, actively participating in the clinical work of the team and leading the development of the service.

Working for our organisation

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. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health, including mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Regular reviews of inpatients to monitor the response to treatments will be required, and the post holder will operate within multi-disciplinary integrated and co-located teams, including Health staff and Social services staff. They will liaise closely with Social Services to ensure safe and timely discharge planning of inpatients and communicate promptly with primary care services by providing discharge summaries.

At times, patients under General Adult teams in the community may be admitted to Dunes ward if this is deemed the most appropriate place due to bed availability in the Trust. The post holder will provide inpatient care through assessment and treatment while such patients await transfer to more suitable inpatient units, if required.

The post holder will be responsible for the overall assessment, management, and safe discharge planning of inpatients on Dunes ward, working closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team, including Social Services, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Primary Care.

Person specification

Registration

• Full registration with General Medical Council
• Inclusion on or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council or within 6 months of CCST/CCT or equivalent in Old Age Psychiatry at the date of interview
• Section 12 (2) Approval + Approved Clinician Status or demonstrated ability to gain approval
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Transport

• Holds valid UK driving licence and will use own car for work-related travel OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

Qualification and Training

• MbChb, MBBS or equivalent
• Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent, 3 years higher professional training in Old Age Psychiatry
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management
• Additional Qualifications
• Undertaken ‘Train the Trainer’ and ‘Equality and Diversity’ Training

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Excellent clinical knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using a 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
• Experience in working previously in similar roles at a relevant level
• Training or worked as a DoLs assessor
• Experience in management and service development
• Knowledge and use of IT systems

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Able to plan and deliver teaching and training relevant to the post

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the minimum criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme, you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.

Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process, please email to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.

The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration.

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