Job Description

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry to join our inpatient teams at Clock View Hospital . This is a fixed-term post supporting the Consultant Psychiatrists across two acute wards: Dee Ward (female) and Morris Ward (male).

About Clock View Hospital



Opened in 2015, Clock View is a modern, purpose-built adult mental health facility located in Walton, Liverpool. The hospital includes:

Three acute adult wards :

Alt (mixed), Dee (female), and Morris (male)



Newton Ward - Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)



Irwell Ward - Older Adults Mental Health



All wards accept both direct admissions and patient transfers, offering a dynamic and collaborative working environment.

Why Join Us?



At Mersey Care, we are passionate about mental health and wellbeing. We are committed to delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care and supporting the communities we serve. Our values are rooted in compassion, innovation, and excellence.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to:

Work closely with experienced Consultants and multidisciplinary teams



Contribute to high standards of patient care and service development



Take on leadership opportunities and help shape clinical practice



Be part of a forward-thinking Trust that values continuous improvement and clinician-led innovation



If you are a motivated and compassionate doctor looking to make a meaningful impact in mental health care, we would love to hear from you.



Support the Consultant Psychiatrist providing medical input for patients across Dee ward and Morris ward. Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for inpatients. Support staff to manage psychiatric emergencies. Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings.. To provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager's hearings. To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust's risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement Meetings. To provide medical leadership to the team. Liaise with carers. To maintain effective communication with other services. Provide clinical supervision to junior colleagues.

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.



Local working arrangements



Inpatient care for service users is provided by Consultants working within the Acute Care teams at Broadoak Unit, Clock View Hospital, Windsor House, all based in Liverpool, and Hartley Hospital based in Southport. Clock View Hospital is an adult mental health facility based in Walton, Liverpool opened in 2015. There are 3 acute adult wards namely: Alt (mixed ward), Dee (female), and Morris (male). Clock view also houses Newton ward which is a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and an old age ward, Irwell. All wards across the Trust take admissions, as well as patient transfers.

The ward composition at Clock View Hospital is as below:

Ward Name



Beds



Gender



Service line



Weekly average no. of admissions & discharges



(21/05/2022-21/05/2024)



Alt



17



Mixed



Adult



4 admissions



4 discharges



Dee



17



Female



Adult



3 admissions



3 discharges



Irwell



17



Mixed



Old age



2 admissions



2 discharges



Morris



17



Male



Adult



3 admissions



3 discharges



Newton



12



Mixed



Adult (PICU)



2 admissions



2 discharges



The post has become vacant as a result of the reconfiguration of the medical model.



The post holder would support the Consultants across two wards, Dee ward, and Morris ward. Dee ward is a female ward with 17 beds. On average there are approximately 3 admissions per week to Dee ward with around 3 discharges. About 25-50 per cent of the admitted patients are detained at any given time and there is on average one Mental Health Review Tribunal hearing each week.



Morris ward is a male ward with 17 beds. On average there are approximately 3 admissions per week to Dee ward with around 3 discharges. About 25-50 per cent of the admitted patients are detained at any given time and there is on average one Mental Health Review Tribunal hearing each week.



There is 1 Consultant Psychiatrist allocated to each ward. Each ward also has 1-2 resident doctors. The post holder will be supported by an inpatient ward manager, deputy ward manager and team of inpatient ward based staff.



Continuing professional development (CPD)



The Trust supports the participation of all medical staff in the CPD programme locally and that of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The Trust support for CPD activities, including study leave arrangements and appropriate funding.

Clinical leadership and medical management



Participation in business planning for the locality and, as appropriate, contribution to the broader strategic and planning work of the trust. Leading the improvement of the quality of care within the team and contribute to improving quality across the system.

Teaching and training



Teaching commitments of post, and support in place to achieve these. Trust-wide teaching. Teaching arrangements in locality/team. Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate clinical teaching. Participation in the training of other disciplines. Providing educational supervision of trainees and other disciplines. Taking part in continuing medical education within statutory limits. DME is Dr Indira Vinjamuri Mersey Care has specific links with Liverpool Medical School and Edge Hill University Medical School

Mental Health Act and Section 12(2) approval



The post holder would be expected to be approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983, or be willing to undertake training to obtain Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.

Clinical duties of post holder



Support the Consultant Psychiatrist providing medical input for patients across Dee ward, and Morris ward. 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. To provide verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Manager's hearings. To carry out comprehensive Risk Assessments and participate in Trust's risk management processes such as Health Risk Assessment and Management Meetings (H-RAMM) and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) Meetings. To provide medical leadership to the inpatient team. Liaise with families / carers. Liaise with aspects of the Criminal Justice System regarding patients. Liaise with other stakeholders and interested parties. The post holder will be expected to maintain effective communication with other services, including in-patient and community mental health teams, and primary care. Provide clinical supervision to junior colleagues. Provide cross cover to other wards when required.

Training duties



Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate clinical teaching. Participation in the training of other disciplines. Providing educational supervision of trainees and other disciplines. Taking part in continuing medical education within statutory limits. Engage in supervision with supervising consultants.

Clinical governance and quality assurance



Expected contribution to clinical governance and responsibility for setting and monitoring standards. Participation in clinical audit and other local assurance processes. Participation in service/team evaluation and the planning of future service developments.

Quality improvement



Leads and manages a team in a way that supports the development of a culture of continuous improvement and learning. Utilises a quality improvement approach to think systemically about complex problems, develop potential change ideas and test these in practice using a systematic QI methodology. Empowers the team to resolve local issues on a daily basis using the tools and method of quality improvement without staff having to seek permission. Promotes awareness and understanding of quality improvement, and shares learning and successes from quality improvement work.

General duties



To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients. To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department. To participate in annual appraisal. To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme. To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct. To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation. To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.

External duties, roles and responsibilities



The Trust actively supports the involvement of the consultant body in regional and national groups subject to discussion and approval with the medical director and, as necessary, the chief executive officer.

Other duties



From time to time it may be necessary for the post holder to carry out such other duties as may be assigned, with agreement, by the Trust. It is expected that the post holder will not unreasonably withhold agreement to any reasonable proposed changes that the Trust might make.

Work programme



It is envisaged that the post holder will work 10 programmed activities over 5 days. Following appointment there will be a meeting at no later than three months with the clinical manager to review and revise the job plan and objectives of the post holder. The overall split of the programmed activities is 8 to be devoted to direct clinical care and 2 to supporting professional activities. The timetable is indicative only. A formal job plan will be agreed between the post holder and associate medical director or clinical manager three months after commencing the post and at least annually thereafter.

On-call and cover arrangements



There is no on call commitment however the post holder may have the opportunity to join the second on call out of hours rota for Higher Trainees subject to availability.