Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Specialty Doctor – First Response Service
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Specialty Doctor - First Response Service
The Trust is seeking to recruit a full-time Specialty Doctor for the First Response Service across Mid Mersey. We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive colleague to provide dynamic leadership to the service and the Trust as a whole. This is a new full-time post based in Hollins Park Hospital.
About the Role
The post holder will work collaboratively with the Operational Manager, Clinical Service Manager, and FRS Specialty Doctor based in Clock View to provide leadership and clinical expertise to the First Response Service and ensure we deliver an excellent, responsive, and high-quality service. The post holder will also be supported, where appropriate, to develop a special interest in a clinical area, which meets the Trust objectives.
Responsibilities
- Leadership and Collaboration: Work with the Operational Manager, Clinical Service Manager, and other FRS Specialty Doctors to provide leadership and clinical expertise.
- Patient Assessment and Management: Responsible for the overall assessment and management of patients presented to FRS in Mid Mersey.
- Team Work: Work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team, including clinical service manager, advanced clinical practitioner, clinical lead, Operational Managers (Band 8A), dual diagnosis practitioners, mental health practitioners, assistant practitioners, assistant clinical psychologist, clinical psychologist, social workers, and support workers.
- Urgent Reviews and Meetings: Conduct urgent reviews for patients and chair management planning meetings involving families, community, and social care services.
- Clinical Assessments: Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for patients referred to FRS as in outpatient and community assessment.
- Emergency Management: Support FRS staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
- Patient Reviews and Mental Health Act Assessments: Conduct patient reviews, mental health act assessments, and attend multi-professional meetings.
- Clinical Governance: Maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out assessments, ensuring compliance with our clinical governance framework.
- Continuous Improvement: Motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity, and drive continuous improvement.
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About Mersey Care
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 also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands.
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- Specialist Services: Offers specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services.
- Commitment to Care: Committed to providing 'perfect care' – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient.
- Transformation Program: Delivering a programme of organizational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce costs.
Benefits
- Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Dr Qaiser Javed
- Job Title: Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist
- Email Address: Qaiser.Javed@merseycare.nhs.uk
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details and requirements of the role.
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