Specialty Doctor Psychiatrist- Mersey Care Mood Clinic

The post holder will be working for Mersey Care Mood Clinic and will be responsible for ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high quality care.

The post holder is expected to participate in research and service evaluation of MCMC. There will be support in relation to planning and execution of research activity and it is anticipated that the post-holder will have existing experience - or demonstrate a clear enthusiasm to develop - expertise in how data and digital tools can help improve patient care.

Main duties of the job

Providing medical treatment within a model of multi-disciplinary care.

Attending weekly clinical team meetings and performing medical duties that are decisions of that meeting.

Compiling a patient's history from several sources, and preparing case summaries and discharge summaries.

Preparing reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals and Managers' Hearings and giving evidence.

Liaising with other clinical teams within and outside the trust.

Liaising with general practitioners and medical specialists with regards the physical health of the patients.

Specialist assessments relevant to the Mersey Care Mood Clinic.

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.