Crynodeb o'r swydd
- Prif leoliad
- Psychiatry
- Gradd
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Parhaol: SPA- 2.5, DCC- 7.5
- Oriau
- Llawnamser - 10 sesiwn yr wythnos
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 350-MED7898108
- Cyflogwr
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- Beckett Unit, Hollins Park Hospital
- Tref
- Warrington
- Cyflog
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum, plus 7.5% R&R (non contractual) and 1% on call
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 10/05/2026 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr
Community Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Trosolwg o'r swydd
As a Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist working for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust you will be responsible for ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high quality care.
As a leader of the outpatient multi-disciplinary team at The Beckett Unit, Hollins Park, you will manage the community mental health team and Memory service, providing clinical care to service users who have been referred for older adults mental health care and specialist cognitive assessment.
You will work closely with a wide range of clinical and professional disciplines in order to deliver holistic care by completing assessments of new referrals to the team, making formulations and managing their treatment in order to optimise the quality of life of the service users under your caseload.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
The post holder will be the Responsible Clinician for patients in their caseload within the Later Life & Memory Service based at The Beckett Unit. There are allocated GP surgeries for each caseload within the service and these are allocated to ensure equity in terms of number of referrals. In line with New Ways of Working, the post holder will provide a consultative, supervisory and supportive role to the multidisciplinary team’s work. They will take an active part in the clinical work of the team and a lead role in the development of the service.
The post holder will be expected to provide leadership to the Team whose role is to provide assessment, management and support to older adults who have been referred for assessment of cognitive function and functional mental disorders. Practitioners within the team will support access to services in a timely manner, as well as ensure arrangements are in place to enhance smooth pathways between primary care and secondary services. The post holder will be enabled to work in a consultative manner, being accessible to team members, GP and primary care staff, patients and carers, for the provision of expert advice and interventions in a timely manner. The post holder will operate within multi-disciplinary integrated and co-located teams, which including Health staff and Social services staff. The post holder will be expected to be part of the allocation procedure within the team and be responsive and flexible to the needs of the team.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
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.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
The overall pathway for the older adult service at Warrington LLAMS is as below:
- All referrals are added to the Assessment pathway upon receipt and referrals are autonomously screened by senior nursing staff from the team on a daily basis. This practitioner may seek support from team management for certain referrals or discuss with the Consultant if greater medical oversight is felt to be required on a case by base basis.
- For all accepted referrals, a screening call is completed within 72 hours and an initial assessment is then completed by a Band 6 practitioner or above within two weeks.
- Once the initial assessment has been completed then a diagnostic appointment is made with the Consultant Psychiatrist in order to establish the diagnosis and management plan.
- Referrals are received from the GP/first response service/other medical specialty
- For cognitive assessments, once the initial assessment is completed by the postholder or their trainee medic, if a diagnosis of dementia is confirmed and treatment is commenced the patient will be booked in for Memory Team review at 11 weeks, 3 months and then 6 monthly thereafter. Any confirmed diagnoses of Mild Cognitive Impairment are discharged from the service with appropriate advice. If further investigations are required these are requested prior to commencing treatment.
The over-65 catchment population in the Warrington area as a whole is 41,115 (19.43% of the whole population in Warrington). The annual number of referrals to the Warrington Later Life & Memory Service as a whole was 1251 between October 2024 and September 2025. The mean number of referrals per month was 104 per month. There are two MDT’s within the Warrington Later Life & Memory Service and the number of referrals to the postholder’s team is approximately 50% of these total figures. The current total caseload for the postholder’s MDT is 1019.
In addition, there is a separate Care Home Liaison team caseload which the postholder will manage along with care home liaison team practitioners and the current caseload size for this is 45, with the average number of referrals per month over the past 12 months to this team being 33.
Core Trainees in Psychiatry and Higher Trainees in Old Age Psychiatry (or Dual Higher Trainees in Old Age & General Adult Psychiatry) are usually placed with Warrington LLAMS. The post holder’s MDT is usually assigned a Core Trainee in Old Age Psychiatry and the other MDT based at Warrington LLAMS, led by Dr Rosemary Cameron, is assigned a Higher Trainee.
The postholder covers 18 GP surgeries in the Warrington area, covering the South and West of Warrington. 23 care homes are covered by the postholder, including three dementia plus homes.
Manyleb y person
Qualifications and Training
Meini prawf hanfodol
- MbChb, MBBS or equivalent
Meini prawf dymunol
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent
- Undertaken ‘Train the Trainer’ and ‘Equality and Diversity’ Training
Registration
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Full registration with General Medical Council
- Inclusion on or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council or within 6 months of CCST/CCT or equivalent in Old age Psychiatry at date of interview
- Section 12 (2) Approval + Approved Clinician Status or demonstrated ability to gain approval
Meini prawf dymunol
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Transport
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Holds valid UK driving licence and will use own car for work related travel OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Excellent clinical knowledge in specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience in working previously in similar roles at a relevant level
- Training or worked as a DoLs assessor
- Experience in management and service development Knowledge and use of IT systems
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Participated in research or service evaluation
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Has actively participated in clinical audit
Meini prawf dymunol
- Able to plan and deliver teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change
Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Dr Andrew Kiridoshi
- Teitl y swydd
- Associate Clinical Director
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
Rhestr swyddi gyda Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust yn Meddygol a Deintyddol neu bob sector