Consultant Psychiatrist - Norris Green CMHT

at  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Service details The Division operates a total of 18 adult Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) based in 7 community hub sites acrossthe North Mersey footprint. All adult CMHTs operate within a functional model meaning that post holders work with community patients only and are not required to maintain responsibility for inpatients, which instead come underthe care of the Inpatient Consultants. There is an adult Single Point of Access(SPA) Team with its own dedicated Consultant and multidisciplinary team, which triages all referrals into the service. Only those referrals deemed appropriate for CMHT input following assessment are passed on to the adult CMHTs.
Crisis and home treatment team is separate and referrals can be made for intensive hometreatment, weekend cover and bed management. The following additional services and teams are available within the Local Division to work alongside CMHTs: Acute Services (including 8 x Acute In-Patient Wards, new (during 18/19) Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Teams, ED Mental Health Liaison Teams Perinatal mental health team Criminal Justice Liaison Service (operated within Courts, Police Stations and Prisons) Eating Disorder Service A&E Assessment and Liaison Teams based in the Accident and EmergencyDepartments of Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust with consultant psychiatrist input. Acquired Brain Injury Service Rathbone Rehabilitation Unit (low secure rehabilitation with dedicated Consultant andJunior Doctor) Psychotherapy Service and Specialist Personality Disorder Hub Early Intervention Service Older peoples Mental health service including General Hospital Liaison Services Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust CHART (Community Housing and Re-enablement team) works with the trust to ensure homeless and potentially homeless people with mental health problems in Sefton have access to appropriate housing, including emergency accommodation and 24-hour intensively supported accommodation

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