Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist - Irwell Ward

at  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will cover Irwell ward at Clock View Hospital which is a 17 bedded acute assessment ward for service users aged 70 and over with a functional mental health problem. Exceptions would be needs based. Irwell wards catchment area covers Liverpool and South Sefton. There are two dementia inpatient units in the Trust and these are Fern ward at Leigh Moss Hospital in Liverpool and Kingsley ward at Hollins Park Hospital in Winwick, Warrington.
At Clock View Hospital there are a total of six inpatient wards Alt ward, Dee ward, Irwell ward, Morris ward, Newton ward and Prenton ward. Prenton ward is a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and apart from Irwell ward the others are for adults of working age. In addition to the inpatient units there is a Community Mental Health Team, Psychology and urgent response mental health teams based at Clock View Hospital. Currently there is a long standing locum Consultant, Dr Sumanth Kumar, who is the Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist for Irwell ward.
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment and management of all service users admitted on to Irwell ward as well as supervision of trainee doctors assigned to the ward. There will be a need to work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team caring for the service users on the ward including the ward Manager, Nursing staff, Healthcare Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Social Workers and the Community Mental Health Teams. Discharge planning for inpatients is completed during ward rounds and there is close liaison which takes place with the relevant Community Mental Health Teams, with the service users allocated practitioner from the CMHT being invited to attend ward rounds in order to agree discharge plans and arrangements for smooth transitioning from the ward to the community in terms of care. The Trust has fully electronic patient record (Rio), prescribing (EPMA) and mental health act administration systems (Thalamos) in place.
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