Consultant Psychiatrist in Liaison Psychiatry, Shrewsbury

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Full time
Location: Shrewsbury
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23.01.2025 Expiry Date:

09.03.2025 Job Description:

Job summary We are seeking an enthusiastic, permanent full time, Consultant Psychiatrist in Liaison Psychiatry. The Liaison Psychiatry Service provides specialist care at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), and the community hospital of Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oswestry (RJAH). The emphasis is to provide timely and comprehensive assessment, interventions, and treatment to service users and their families/carers, where a functional or organic mental disorder is suspected or evident. The 'community' the post serves is the population within the general hospitals, regardless of their home locality. Main duties of the job You will: Provide a timely and flexible response to referrals, to meet the demands of the PRH/RSH hospitals. Work with the following groups of people who may attend or be admitted to the acute hospital setting (not an exhaustive list): People who have self-harmed. People with physical and psychological consequences of alcohol/substance misuse. Frail elderly people with possible delirium/depression/dementia. People with known severe mental illness, particularly when in relapse. People admitted with primarily physical health symptoms which may also have a psychological/social cause. Vulnerable groups including people who are homeless, experience personality difficulties, or are subject to domestic abuse/violence. Provide comprehensive mental health assessment; assist with diagnosis, care and specialist discharge planning, risk assessment and management, including signposting to people referred to the service. Provide Mental Health related training to staff members at the hospital sites to raise awareness of mental health conditions. Work closely and in partnership with other services and organisations to contribute to a seamless service of mental health provision and the development of appropriate care pathways for onward referral of individuals in need of further assessment and support. For a full list, please see the Job Description attached. About us By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by: Supporting your career development and progression. Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. Options for flexible working. Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources. If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients. Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate. Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates. Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k. Free car parking at all trust sites. Free flu vaccinations every year. And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people. Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. Job Responsibilities

Working in a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with the acute trust (Shropshire and Telford Hospitals): Provide specialist assessment and care planning in conjunction with service users and carers. Evaluate treatment plans and undertake discharge planning. Respond to the wards within 24 hours of referral. Triage and assess referrals received by the service in liaison with multi-disciplinary colleagues. Respond to and inform referrers/other professionals and responsible adults as necessary on decisions, care plans, policy, and best practice. Person Specification

Qualifications Essential MB BS or equivalent medical qualification. MRCPsych. Desirable Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management. Endorsement in liaison psychiatry. Dual training in general adult and older adult psychiatry. Eligibility Essential Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment. Be included on the GMC Specialist Register with CCT or CESR in general adult psychiatry. Approved clinician status. Approved under S12. Eligible to be S12/AC approved by the time of starting in post. Desirable In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

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