Specialty Doctor Psychiatrist- Mersey Care Mood Clinic

at  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will be working for Mersey Care Mood Clinic and will be responsible for ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high quality care.

The post holder is expected to participate in research and service evaluation of MCMC. There will be support in relation to planning and execution of research activity and it is anticipated that the post-holder will have existing experience – or demonstrate a clear enthusiasm to develop – expertise in how data and digital tools can help improve patient care.

• Providing medical treatment within a model of multi-disciplinary care.
• Attending weekly clinical team meetings and performing medical duties that are decisions of that meeting.
• Compiling a patient’s history from several sources, and preparing case summaries and discharge summaries.
• Preparing reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals and Managers’ Hearings and giving evidence.
• Liaising with other clinical teams within and outside the trust.
• Liaising with general practitioners and medical specialists with regards the physical health of the patients.
• Specialist assessments relevant to the Mersey Care Mood Clinic.

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.
The Trust recently underwent a reconfiguration of its medical management structure in May 2022 following its acquisition of North West Boroughs NHS Foundation Trust in 2021. The Chief Medical Officer is Dr Noir Thomas, Dr Anna Richman and Dr Kuben Naidoo are the Deputy Chief Medical Officers the Divisional Director and Director of Mental Health is Donna Robinson.

The post holder will be professionally accountable to the Chief Medical Officer, and clinically accountable/ report directly to the MCMC Clinical Lead (Consultant Psychiatrist).

• Induction process (e.g. trust induction, team induction etc.)

The post holder will be responsible for completing new assessments of service

• Induction process (e.g. trust induction, team induction etc.