Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Specialty Doctor – First Response Service
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Specialty Doctor for First Response Service
The Trust is seeking to recruit a full-time Specialty Doctor for 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.
The post holder will work collaboratively with our 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 that meets the Trust objectives.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the overall assessment and management of patients presented to FRS in Mid Mersey.
- 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.
- 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, 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.
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Working Conditions
For Medic Assessments within the team, there are appointments available within office hours Monday – Friday 09:00 – 17:00. They are first triaged by the clinical leads. Registered practitioners can speak to the medic on-site or by phone to discuss acceptance of service users. Urgent Assessments are facilitated by the medic directly and via secretary on 0151 330 7204.
If an MHAA is required, this should be discussed with the clinical lead. Every opportunity should be actioned to support contact with the service user. This includes telephone contacts, home visits, discussion with family or carers, prior to application to the careline, in order to gain as much clinical or collateral information as possible.
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 organizational 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.
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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