Consultant post in old age psychiatry, leading the older adults outpatient multidisciplinary team at Hartley Hospital for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on assessing new referrals, formulating and managing treatment, and acting as Responsible Clinician for a caseload spread across allocated GP surgeries. The role covers specialist cognitive assessment and functional mental disorders, alongside health and social services staff in co-located teams. Section 12(2) approval is essential, or applicants must show they can gain it.
What the job involves
- Act as Responsible Clinician for patients on own caseload within the older adults Community Mental Health Team
- Assess new referrals, make formulations and manage treatment for service users
- Provide leadership to the team and take a lead role in service development
- Give consultative, supervisory and supportive input to the multidisciplinary team under New Ways of Working
- Give expert advice and interventions to team members, GPs, primary care staff, patients and carers in a timely manner
- Ensure arrangements that smooth pathways between primary care and secondary services
- Take an active part in the team's clinical work and its allocation procedure
- Work within multidisciplinary integrated and co-located teams with health and social services staff
- Oversee monitoring of patients, including shared care arrangements with GPs
- Record clinical activity accurately and in a timely fashion on Rio
- Complete annual appraisal, CPD and job plan review with the Clinical Director
- Work with local colleagues and managers to run services efficiently and comply with Trust policies and financial instructions
Qualifications
- MBChB, MBBS or equivalent
Registration & licences
- Full registration with the General Medical Council
- Inclusion on, or eligibility for inclusion on, the GMC Specialist Register in old age psychiatry, or within 6 months of CCST/CCT or equivalent at interview
- Section 12(2) approval, integral to Approved Clinician status, or demonstrated ability to gain it
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent clinical knowledge in the 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 evidence-based decisions, including with the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
Checks & eligibility
- Valid UK driving licence, with own car for work travel or evidence of an alternative
Other
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Participation in continuous professional development
- Participation in research or service evaluation
- Participation in clinical audit
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
Nice to have
- In good standing with the GMC, with no warnings or conditions on practice
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent, or 3 years' higher training in old age psychiatry
- Train the Trainer and Equality and Diversity training, and ability to plan and deliver relevant teaching
- Experience in similar roles at a relevant level
- Training as, or work as, a DoLS assessor
- Experience in management, service development and IT systems
- Experience in clinical research or service evaluation, and clinical audit leading to service change
What’s offered
- Flexible working requests considered
- Training on Rio provided on induction
- 7.5% recognition and reward payment (non-contractual)
- 1% on-call payment
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
