Job summary
As a Specialty Psychiatry Doctor 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 member of the outpatient multi-disciplinary team at Hartley Hospital, you will work in a state of the art mental health facility, providing clinical care to older adults who require specialist mental healthcare. You will work closely with a wide range of clinical and professional disciplines in order to deliver holistic care by completing assessments for cognitive impairment and the full range of functional mental disorders. This will provide a wide range of clinical experience to help the post holder to develop their clinical knowledge with a view to possibly taking up a training post in Old Age Psychiatry subsequently.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for completing new assessments of service users referred in to the Older Adults community service based at the Hartley Hospital with queries over cognitive impairment as well as functional mental health issues. They will conduct diagnostic clinics in which diagnoses are explained and management options discussed. This will occur under the supervision of Consultant Old Age Psychiatrists based within the service. In addition, the post holder will support the team in ensuring that service users' prescriptions are accurate and updated as well as providing clinical advice and being an integral member of the multidisciplinary team.
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 description
Job responsibilities
Hartley Hospital was officially opened by Princess Anne in July 2021. It is a £21 million pound state of the art mental health facility and was named after the local jam-making family and philanthropist Christiana Hartley. It replaces the Boothroyd Unit and Hesketh Centre which previously provided mental health services in the Southport area.
The hospital consists of 44 en-suite bedrooms and features inner garden courtyards, a caf, two gyms, a family visiting room and multi-faith area. Hartley Hospital takes a lot of features from Mersey Cares award-winning Clock View Hospital situated in the Walton area of Liverpool.
Hartley Hospital accommodates inpatient services for General Adult mental health services in the form of Pine ward which is a 20 bedded mixed adult acute ward and Dunes ward which is a 20 bedded, primarily functional, older adults mental health ward. Community mental health teams for both General Adult and Older Adult services are based upstairs in Hartley Hospital. Irwell ward is a 20 bedded functional older adult ward based at Clock View Hospital in Walton, North Liverpool. Fern ward is a 17 bedded dementia ward based in Leigh Moss Hospital, Liverpool.
There are well established and fully staffed community mental health teams for older adults in the Trust across the division, with Memory Services being well established. In addition, there are well resourced general hospital liaison services for older adults and adults within three acute Hospital Trusts, namely the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Aintree University Hospital and Southport District Hospital. There are a range of other mental health services provided by Mersey Care including a 2 hour Urgent Community Response service, Armed Forces Community Services, CMAGIC (Cheshire & Merseyside Adult Gender Identity Collaborative), Criminal Justice Liaison & Diversion Service, Drug & Alcohol Services including the Hope Centre which offers inpatient detoxification programs, Learning Disabilities Services, Maternal Mental Health Services including a Specialist Perinatal Service, Mental Health Triage Car Services, a Psychotherapy & Personality Disorder Hub, Student Mental Health Services and The Life Rooms. There are Neuropsychiatry and Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services based at the Walton Centre on the Aintree University Hospital site.
Foundation Trainees are posted on Dunes ward (1 x F1, 1 x F2 doctor) and are available to complete daily tasks and reviews for the inpatients as well as the postholder.
There is a population of approximately 123,729 people in the Southport & Formby area, with 27.4% of this figure being accounted for by people over the age of 65 (33,902). Central Southport has the largest population compared with the other localities in Southport & Formby. Formby has the smallest population overall. Central Southport has the highest percentage of under 20s in the area and Formby has proportionally less under 20s compared to Southport.
Please see job description for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Hartley Hospital was officially opened by Princess Anne in July 2021. It is a £21 million pound state of the art mental health facility and was named after the local jam-making family and philanthropist Christiana Hartley. It replaces the Boothroyd Unit and Hesketh Centre which previously provided mental health services in the Southport area.
The hospital consists of 44 en-suite bedrooms and features inner garden courtyards, a caf, two gyms, a family visiting room and multi-faith area. Hartley Hospital takes a lot of features from Mersey Cares award-winning Clock View Hospital situated in the Walton area of Liverpool.
Hartley Hospital accommodates inpatient services for General Adult mental health services in the form of Pine ward which is a 20 bedded mixed adult acute ward and Dunes ward which is a 20 bedded, primarily functional, older adults mental health ward. Community mental health teams for both General Adult and Older Adult services are based upstairs in Hartley Hospital. Irwell ward is a 20 bedded functional older adult ward based at Clock View Hospital in Walton, North Liverpool. Fern ward is a 17 bedded dementia ward based in Leigh Moss Hospital, Liverpool.
There are well established and fully staffed community mental health teams for older adults in the Trust across the division, with Memory Services being well established. In addition, there are well resourced general hospital liaison services for older adults and adults within three acute Hospital Trusts, namely the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Aintree University Hospital and Southport District Hospital. There are a range of other mental health services provided by Mersey Care including a 2 hour Urgent Community Response service, Armed Forces Community Services, CMAGIC (Cheshire & Merseyside Adult Gender Identity Collaborative), Criminal Justice Liaison & Diversion Service, Drug & Alcohol Services including the Hope Centre which offers inpatient detoxification programs, Learning Disabilities Services, Maternal Mental Health Services including a Specialist Perinatal Service, Mental Health Triage Car Services, a Psychotherapy & Personality Disorder Hub, Student Mental Health Services and The Life Rooms. There are Neuropsychiatry and Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services based at the Walton Centre on the Aintree University Hospital site.
Foundation Trainees are posted on Dunes ward (1 x F1, 1 x F2 doctor) and are available to complete daily tasks and reviews for the inpatients as well as the postholder.
There is a population of approximately 123,729 people in the Southport & Formby area, with 27.4% of this figure being accounted for by people over the age of 65 (33,902). Central Southport has the largest population compared with the other localities in Southport & Formby. Formby has the smallest population overall. Central Southport has the highest percentage of under 20s in the area and Formby has proportionally less under 20s compared to Southport.
Please see job description for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
- MRCPsych or equivalent, MRCGP or equivalent, DGM.
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
Desirable
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.
- Minimum 4 years post registration training, 2 of which should be in recognised training programme in psychiatry.
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Able to deliver undergraduate 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
- MRCPsych or equivalent, MRCGP or equivalent, DGM.
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
Desirable
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.
- Minimum 4 years post registration training, 2 of which should be in recognised training programme in psychiatry.
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Able to deliver undergraduate 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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
