Speciality Doctor – all age liaison psychiatry service | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer:
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Location:
Southport, PR8 6PN
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Disability Confident:
No
Closing Date:
01/07/2026
About this job
This post would be ideally suited for a doctor, who has a minimum of 4 years experience in psychiatry and is interested working in a specialty doctor position in psychiatry outside of a Training position.
Mental Health Liaison is an integral part of the 24/7 Urgent Care Model and the Trust is seeking for an enthusiastic Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry to cover both General Adult and Old Age referrals for Southport and Formby District General Hospital (SDGH) A&E Department and wards.
The post holder will provide medical input for both General Adult (GA) & Old Age (OA) Mental Health Liaison Team, support and supervise other staff in assessment and formulation of service users’ difficulties, directly involve in assessment of people referred with complex difficulties or prominent risk issues, communicate with clinical staff providing physical treatment of the patient, assess urgent referrals from inpatient wards and accident and emergency department, provide medical support for more complex cases, lead on training of other hospital staff, interact with other medical professionals throughout the hospital, maintain a high standard of clinical work, ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework, motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity and drive continuous improvement, work closely with the General Adult and Old Age liaison Consultant Psychiatrists and be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, and be encouraged to pursue education and experience for professional development.
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.
Pleaserefer to the attached jobdescriptionand person specification for full detailsand requirementsof the role.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Jun 2026
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