Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist - High Secure

This vacancy is for a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist for Ashworth High Secure Hospital (HSS) which is one of the 3 high secure hospitals in the country. This is an established permanent post and replaces existing Consultant Psychiatrists who have retired from full time working.

The post holder will be part of a comprehensive MDT with good trainee medical support. They will manage a caseload of 20 +/- 2 male inpatients within the Mental Illness service and be involved in managing referrals and completing assessments. They will maintain responsibility for the patient throughout his journey through the hospital and will lead the multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The Appointee will act as Responsible Clinician within a multidisciplinary team. They will take part in assessments of new referrals, pre-admission planning, management of inpatients and discharge planning.

The Appointee will be required to undertake assessments of individuals referred for admission from a variety of sources including Medium secure units, Low Secure Units, general adult or old age mental health services, Courts or Prisons. Liaison with other agencies, including the Ministry of Justice, police, probation, social care and other mental health services.

The Appointee will exercise statutory responsibilities as a Responsible Clinician within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983 (Amended 2007) for patients detained under Restriction Orders, including completing statutory reports to the Ministry of Justice. For both non-restricted and restricted patients under his/her care he/she will be responsible for providing reports regarding Consent to Treatment and providing reports to, and attending, Tribunals and Managers' Reviews.

The Appointee will be expected to be approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 for the purposes of recommending admission to hospital and be an Approved Clinician. 1243

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.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum plus 10% R&R (non contractual) and on call