Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Specialty Doctor – First Response Service
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Specialty Doctor – First Response Service (Mid Mersey)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Specialty Doctor to join our First Response Service (FRS) based at Hollins Park Hospital. We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive clinician to provide clinical expertise and leadership within a dynamic and fast-paced service.
Working alongside the Operational Manager, Clinical Service Manager, and FRS Specialty Doctor based at Clock View, you will play a key role in delivering a responsive, high-quality service and supporting ongoing service development. There will also be opportunities to develop a special clinical interest aligned to Trust priorities.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the assessment and management of patients presenting to FRS across Mid Mersey, working closely with a skilled multidisciplinary team including Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Mental Health Practitioners, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Support Workers.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive and motivated team dedicated to delivering outstanding mental health care and improving outcomes for service users.
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Responsibilities
- Conduct urgent reviews for the patients and chair management planning meetings involving families, community and social care services.
- Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for patients referred to FRS as in outpatient and community assessment.
- Support FRS staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
- Conduct patient reviews, and mental health act assessments, and attend multi-professional meetings.
- Maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out assessments.
- Ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework, motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity and drive continuous improvement.
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 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.
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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
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Contact Information
For further details / 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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