On Call and Cover Arrangements
The post holder will be included in the daily consultant on‑call rota for Mid Mersey. A higher trainee ST4‑6 acts as second on–call and a CT first on‑call during weekday evenings & nights and all‑day weekends. On‑call availability supplement is 1% – Band B, low frequency, low intensity. The rota is shared with approximately 20 FTE colleagues.
When on call the consultant must cancel routine work during normal working hours to prioritise unpredictable or emergency calls. Inpatient care for service users within the Mid Mersey region of Mersey Care is provided by consultants working at Peasley Cross Hospital (St Helens), Hollins Park Hospital (Warrington), Brooker Centre (Runcorn) and Knowsley Resource Centre (Whiston). In the North Mersey region of Liverpool, inpatient care is provided by Broadoak Unit, Clock View Hospital, Windsor House (all based in Liverpool) and Hartley Hospital (Southport). All wards across the Trust take admissions and patient transfers. The post holder would be responsible for up to 17 patients on Austen ward, with an average of four admissions per week and three discharges. Approximately 50‑70percent of admitted patients are detained at any given time, and there is on average one Mental Health Review Tribunal hearing each week.
Clinical Duties
Consultant psychiatrist responsibilities for Austen ward, Warrington include:
- Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for inpatients.
- Support ward‑based staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
- Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA reviews and multi‑professional meetings.
- Act as the responsible clinician under the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007), carrying out duties in accordance with the code of practice.
- Provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Managers hearings.
- Carry out comprehensive risk assessments and participate in the Trust’s risk management processes such as H‑RAMM and MAPPA meetings.
- Provide medical leadership to the inpatient team.
- Liaise with families, carers, criminal justice system and other stakeholders.
- Maintain effective communication with other services, including in‑patient and community mental health teams and primary care.
- Provide clinical/educational supervision to junior colleagues.
The post holder will be expected to be approved as a responsible clinician or to undertake training to obtain AC status / Section12(2) MHA and to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.
Teaching and Training
Teaching commitments of the post include participation in undergraduate and postgraduate clinical training, providing educational supervision to trainees, and taking part in continuing medical education within statutory limits. The post holder will support Trust‑wide teaching arrangements within the locality or team.
Clinical Governance
Expected contributions to clinical governance include setting and monitoring standards, participating in clinical audit, service/team evaluation and the planning of future service developments.
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