Consultant Mental Health Liaison - Bolton

NHS; Farnworth; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job description

This is a full time post (10 programmed activities) as a substantive Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry at Bolton starting as soon as is available.

There is an exciting opportunity for a consultant psychiatrist working with the Mental Health Liaison Team at the Royal Bolton Royal Hospital. The team is a Mental Health MDT employed by Greater Manchester Mental Health. The successful candidate will be working with 1 other Consultant, a Specialty doctor, a junior doctor, a psychologist and multiple mental health practitioners.

The Bolton Mental Health Liaison team are a dynamic, proactive, and supportive service working with A&E and the wards at the Royal Bolton Hospital.

The successful applicant will have CPD time built into their job plan and will have access to study leave and a study budget. We will expect the successful candidate to engage with professional development opportunities such delivering teaching and gaining management experience.

Main duties of the job

• To provide medical leadership in Liaison Psychiatry to the Mental Health Liaison team.
• As a medical expert to be able to take a lead on service development for all adults with mental illnesses within the Royal Bolton Hospital. This will necessitate excellent influencing and joint working skills.
• To provide first line generic assessments to any patient referred to the service. All members of the team will be able to provide these assessments.
• To provide medical support and supervision to the Liaison team, completing second line specialist assessment and medical treatment where appropriate, supported by the other Liaison consultant and Speciality Doctor.
• To contribute to the development of the service in conjunction with other Team members.
• To supervise junior doctors acting within the Liaison team.

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) is one of the leading mental health trusts in the UK, serving a population of 1.2 million people. The Trust employs around 6,400 people who make a difference across 160 locations. Situated in one of the most exciting and affordable cities in Europe, GMMH provides community and inpatient mental health care, alongside substance misuse services across the North West.

GMMH is one of the most active research trusts in the UK, with one of the highest levels of recruitment to clinical trials for mental health. This puts our staff and service users at the leading edge of new mental health treatments.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

The Trust provides a range of specialist services including prison in reach across the North of England, a specialist centre for mental health and deafness and in patient perinatal mental health care. We have been rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Our substance misuse services and leadership were rated as 'Outstanding'.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job responsibilities

• Work closely with the other Liaison consultant and other team members to develop and maintain a high quality, responsive, flexible and integrated service meeting the needs of its client group and the Royal Bolton Hospital.
• Assess the full range of referrals from A+E and all inpatient wards. This will include all patients with mental disorder over the age of 16 referred to the team. They will therefore need to have skills in managing acute psychiatric emergencies for individuals of working age and old age.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum pro rata.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

437-MD-7062152